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Perl Foundation Awards Perl Development Grant to Larry Wall

Posted by timothy on from the who-better dept.

Krellis writes: "The Perl Foundation today announced that they have awarded a Perl Development Grant to Larry Wall, the creator of Perl and designer of Perl 6, joining Dan Sugalski and Dr. Damian Conway, the other 2002 grant recipients. The Perl Development Grants are funded by donations; over USD 80,000 has been donated so far, a total of USD 240,000 is needed for the three grants. See http://donate.perl-foundation.org/ for more information on how you can pitch in - every dollar counts! See also the use.perl.org story for more information."

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  1. In other news... by jsse · · Score: 5, Funny

    Last Thursday, the Microsoft's community received a boost when Microsoft chose software developer Bill Gates as the first recipient of the Microsoft Foundation grant. Microsoft initially donated an estimated $500,000 worth of hardware and software. See http://www.microsoft.com/catalog/default.asp?subid =22 for more information on how you can pitch in - every dollar counts!

    "We're pleased to be able to let Bill focus on golf without distraction," said Craig Mundie, lead moron of the Microsoft Foundation. "Through these grants, the support of the monopolization -- including sizeable amounts from victims, can be put to use for the good of everyone!"

    Yes, I'm just kidding, you can mod me down now. *close his eyes*

  2. I expected some sort of punchine there... by Lendrick · · Score: 3, Funny

    Figured it would end with the fence being built with a swiss army knife and some duct tape, or something.

  3. Re:At the risk of being curmudgeonly... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    Damion Conway was a professor, who took a sabbatical to do his perl thing this year.
    Actually, he's name is Damian Conway, unless you mean Damian's evil twin brother, in that case his name is Damien Conway, but not Damion Conway. Well, it's quite complicated, as you can see...