----- Original Message ---- > From: Adrian Lai <p...@loathe.me.uk>
> Like the Java/Ruby on Rails thing of a few years ago? > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQbuyKUaKFo I had totally forgotten about those. I was thinking more along the lines of a very short series of jokes per language, bundled into one vid. For example: __ Smalltalk: I'm SmallTalk. Perl: I'm Perl. SmallTalk: I have reflection. Perl: I have a job. __ Ruby (little girl): I'm Ruby. Perl (old guy): I'm Perl. Ruby: Why can't I run with scissors? Perl: You'll understand when you're older. __ Python (Japanese): I'm Ruby. Perl: I'm Perl. Python: I'm a clean, modern language. Perl: Hey, you're Japanese. Don't you write that funny Kanji stuff? How can you read that? Python: Hey, it's a beautiful, expressive style of writing. It's not my fault if you've never troubled to learn it. Perl: My point. (Some points about Ruby's poor Unicode handling might be particularly *poignant* instead) __ Java (in straight jacket): I'm Java Perl: I'm Perl. Java: I can be trusted. I can't poke myself in the eye. Perl: (shakes his/her head and walks off) Java: Hey, come back! I need someone to scratch my nose! (OK, that sucked, but I have a vision of tons of Java developers in straight jackets. That starts implying budgets, though) __ Lisp: I'm Lisp. Perl: I'm Perl. Lisp: You're illegible. Perl: You're kidding, right? __ That's off the top of my head and not terribly funny, but that's the idea. A bunch of short, stupid jokes comparing some tiny aspect of various languages, all edited into one video. I see Mike Whitaker already has ideas. Cheers, Ovid -- Buy the book - http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlhks/ Tech blog - http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/ Twitter - http://twitter.com/OvidPerl Official Perl 6 Wiki - http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl6