Slashdot has an interview with Laray Wall (the Perl guy). http://interviews.slashdot.org/interviews/02/09/06/1343222.shtml?tid=145

I like this quote in reguard to the design and evolution of Perl.

"We often chant the slogan: "Easy things should be easy, and hard things should be possible."

But as with any slogan, there are some qustionable assumptions hidden behind the sentiment. We assume that it's obvious which things should be easy or hard, and that the things that are currently easy are the things that ought to be easy."

It's a great interview.

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> Slashdot has an interview with Laray Wall (the Perl guy). http://interviews.slashdot.org/interviews/02/09/06/1343222.shtml?tid=145
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> I like this quote in reguard to the design and evolution of Perl.
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> "We often chant the slogan: "Easy things should be easy, and hard things should be possible."
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> But as with any slogan, there are some qustionable assumptions hidden behind the sentiment. We assume that it's obvious which things should be easy or hard, and that the things that are currently easy are the things that ought to be easy."