According to Adam Turoff:
> Perl is a greater amplifier than many (most?) languages that precede
> or follow it.
This is a profound insight. Thank you. [no sarcasm] Combine it with
Sturgeon's Law[1] and you have a recipe for, well, reality.
> It's the old "with great power comes great responsibility" adage
> writ large.
But of course. Chainsaws are dangerous in the Real World, too.
[1] In response to an observation that 90% of new SF is crap:
"Ninety percent of _everything_ is crap."
--
Chip Salzenberg - a.k.a. - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"I wanted to play hopscotch with the impenetrable mystery of existence,
but he stepped in a wormhole and had to go in early." // MST3K
