>>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Savige <ajsav...@yahoo.com.au> writes:
Andrew> An amusing anecdote from the very early days that illustrates how Andrew> Perl attracted some of its early users is that merlyn relentlessly Andrew> answered requests for Unix sed, awk, and shell help with snippets Andrew> of *Perl* code. Indeed, he did this so often that posters began Andrew> inserting "No Perl please" in their posts! As you might expect, Andrew> that served only to increase the volume of Perl snippet Andrew> responses. Those were good times. :) -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <mer...@stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.posterous.com/ for Smalltalk discussion