RE: Perl programmer born and bred

2002-06-27 Thread Elias Assmann
On Wed, 26 Jun 2002, Craig Hammer wrote: Have you ever tried to wade through The Silmarillion? Craig Hammer As a matter of fact, I just bought and started reading it yesterday. I didn't yet get any further than Cristopher Tolkien's introduction :-) I do expect to like it though, as I also

Re: Perl programmer born and bred

2002-06-26 Thread Peter Scott
At 05:24 PM 6/25/02 -0700, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: Jeff == Jeff 'Japhy' Pinyan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Jeff Perhaps this is because programmers are of the sci-fi/fantasy Jeff book-reading ilk, and LotR is perhaps the pinnacle of fantasy. As a counterpoint, I read the Hobbit two or three

RE: Perl programmer born and bred

2002-06-26 Thread Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan
On Jun 26, Craig Hammer said: Have you ever tried to wade through The Silmarillion? I resent that. ;) I love that book. I've read it twice through now. I've read LotR three times, and I'm reading The Hobbit for the third time, and only now do I realize what a child's book it is. The

Re: Perl programmer born and bred

2002-06-21 Thread Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan
On Jun 21, Nigel Peck said: Something occured to me the other day and I'm interested to know what people's opinions are on this list. When I'm reading the camel or other Perl books such as Perl and XML, the majority of the humour is related to The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings and The Hitch Hiker's

Re: Perl programmer born and bred

2002-06-21 Thread drieux
On Friday, June 21, 2002, at 08:38 , Nigel Peck wrote: [..] Or is it d, something I shouldn't be wasting my time thinking about so move on (boring git). There are two official answers here: a) This is a Matter of Religion, if you do not use the Module Religion

Re: Perl programmer born and bred

2002-06-21 Thread bob ackerman
On Friday, June 21, 2002, at 09:15 AM, drieux wrote: On Friday, June 21, 2002, at 08:38 , Nigel Peck wrote: [..] Or is it d, something I shouldn't be wasting my time thinking about so move on (boring git). snip IT IS A SCARY PLACE OUT THERE!!! ciao drieux or 'out there' is a place

Re: Perl programmer born and bred

2002-06-21 Thread David Winters
On Fri, 21 Jun 2002, bob ackerman wrote: On Friday, June 21, 2002, at 09:15 AM, drieux wrote: On Friday, June 21, 2002, at 08:38 , Nigel Peck wrote: [..] Or is it d, something I shouldn't be wasting my time thinking about so move on (boring git). snip IT IS A SCARY PLACE OUT THERE!!!

Re: Perl programmer born and bred

2002-06-21 Thread David Winters
On Fri, 21 Jun 2002, Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan wrote: On Jun 21, Nigel Peck said: Something occured to me the other day and I'm interested to know what people's opinions are on this list. When I'm reading the camel or other Perl books such as Perl and XML, the majority of the humour is related to The

Tolkien, Hobbits and Perl was Re: Perl programmer born and bred

2002-06-21 Thread drieux
On Friday, June 21, 2002, at 09:07 , Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan wrote: [..] First off my complements for the citations from the holy text. Few general purpose perlers go in and read the header files. Perhaps this is because programmers are of the sci-fi/fantasy book-reading ilk, and LotR is perhaps

Re: Perl programmer born and bred

2002-06-21 Thread Greg Matheson
On Fri, 21 Jun 2002, Nigel Peck wrote: Perl books such as Perl and XML, the majority of the humour is related to The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings and The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy. These are my favorite books. Is it a) a coincidence b) that they're so popular with people from all