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Re:Not Your Grandfather’s Perl by forgotmypw17 on Sunday September 11, 2022 @06:28AM (#32798457)
Thanks for thinking me more clever than I may be.

It was a simple blessing, and perhaps a reference to this interview with Larry.

To me, the language creator's faith is one more reason to use it.

https://slashdot.org/story/28204

Re:Not Your Grandfather’s Perl by theonething on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @01:44PM (#32827731)
My suspicion (not in a negative way as I'm Christian as well) is that the function was named so because of Larry's faith.