On Sat, 18 Jan 2003 15:10, you wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Lazzaro) writes:
> > I don't think any aspect
> > of this discussion is hinged on people being 'ignorant' of perl5
> > behaviors,
> Oh, I do, and you've dismissed that argument out of hand. This isn't
> name-calling; this is a plea for Perl 6 not to become a language
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> designed by a committee of ignorant amateurs. The Lord knows that
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> languages designed by committees of professional standards-writers are
> pretty bad, and we're still a long way from that.
In the very young field of programming, aren't we all ignorant amateurs?
Any programmer who doesn't know that they are ignorant are almost
certainly instead arrogant.
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Sam Vilain, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
You're either part of the solution, or part of the precipitate.
- George W. Bouche, renowned chemist.