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Re:Ask HN: What less-popular systems programming language ar... by dwedge on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @02:39PM (#43259045)
I once accidentally piped an SSL certificate into Perl and got 40+ warnings before it realised it wasn't Perl. I'm not joking.
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Re:Ask HN: What less-popular systems programming language ar... by vram22 on Friday March 07, 2025 @01:31AM (#43287769)
That's why Larry Wall said he'll be certified before Perl is (when asked about the prospect of standardizing the language).

It's one of his well-known quotes.

https://quotefancy.com/quote/1497280/Larry-Wall-I-think-I-m-...

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Re:Ask HN: What less-popular systems programming language ar... by vram22 on Friday March 07, 2025 @01:43AM (#43287815)
I posted a link to many of his quotes:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43287809

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Re:Ask HN: What less-popular systems programming language ar... by vram22 on Sunday March 09, 2025 @01:46AM (#43306843)
Now try piping Perl into itself. #@$%&^*!

A homopipic / homeopathic language?

Similiia similibus curentur.

https://www.google.com/search?q=similia+similibus+curentur

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