Re: mission haiku
In honor of Schwern, Refactoring: good! Testing is even better QA is job 1 Zach On 8/27/03 4:14 PM, Michael G Schwern [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 12:11:12AM +0100, Nicholas Clark wrote: I'm not convinced this is very good. But I believe that it is an accurate mission statement, for at least one of our goals: Perl internals slow, nigh on unmaintainable. So we write parrot. Sounds like PONIE.
Re: mission haiku
Shimmer in distance: Floor wax *and* dessert topping! Shine will be tasty. -- 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
Re: mission haiku
Nicholas Clark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perl internals slow, nigh on unmaintainable. So we write parrot. Parrots circling above a young ponie. Camel in desert. Nicholas Clark leo
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I'm still not sure about the 2 spare syllables in the last line in this explanation: Patches welcome means shut up and show me some code, let me 'thanks applied' Nicholas Clark
mission haiku
I'm not convinced this is very good. But I believe that it is an accurate mission statement, for at least one of our goals: Perl internals slow, nigh on unmaintainable. So we write parrot. Nicholas Clark
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Nicholas Clark [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Perl internals slow, nigh on unmaintainable. So we write parrot. Parrot: not just Perl but punctuated prowess perfected -- Befunge. /s
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Nicholas Clark: # Perl internals slow, # nigh on unmaintainable. # So we write parrot. Soon we all decide That others could use it too. Cherry trees blossom. :^) --Brent Dax [EMAIL PROTECTED] Perl and Parrot hacker Yeah, and my underwear is flame-retardant--that doesn't mean I'm gonna set myself on fire to prove it.
Re: mission haiku
On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 12:11:12AM +0100, Nicholas Clark wrote: I'm not convinced this is very good. But I believe that it is an accurate mission statement, for at least one of our goals: Perl internals slow, nigh on unmaintainable. So we write parrot. Sounds like PONIE. -- Michael G Schwern[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pobox.com/~schwern/ Beef Coronary
Re: mission haiku
On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 04:14:15PM -0700, Michael G Schwern wrote: On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 12:11:12AM +0100, Nicholas Clark wrote: I'm not convinced this is very good. But I believe that it is an accurate mission statement, for at least one of our goals: Perl internals slow, nigh on unmaintainable. So we write parrot. Sounds like PONIE. Nah. Reasoning there is slightly different. Maybe: Perl 6 running late, won't run existing CPAN, I want a Ponie Nicholas Clark
Re: mission haiku
On Thursday, August 28, 2003, at 01:44 AM, Nicholas Clark wrote: On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 04:14:15PM -0700, Michael G Schwern wrote: Sounds like PONIE. Nah. Reasoning there is slightly different. Maybe: Perl 6 running late, won't run existing CPAN, I want a Ponie Refactoring: good! Rewriting takes lots of time. I want a Ponie. -- c
