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Re:Perl is 25 years old today by derleth on Tuesday December 18, 2012 @06:10PM (#4940182)
> a "perl" program

Why is perl in quotes here?

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Re:Perl is 25 years old today by Mithaldu on Wednesday December 19, 2012 @08:05AM (#4942366)
Some people use quotes as emphasis. I've found this especially prevalent in people with an asian language background.
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