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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. Perl is extremely useful by 3141 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    In this age of over-complex user-interfaces, Perl scripts are becoming increasingly useful when you just want to get the job done.

    If I need to process a large amount of text, I am constantly amazed to see how Perl can do exactly what I need in a minimum amount of time. Good on them!

  2. So, a Perl foundation gives a Perl award to... by plastik55 · · Score: 0, Redundant
    the creator of Perl.


    <wank>

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    I have a positive modifier on Troll. When I mod someone Troll their karma should go UP!

  3. Great! But why is Larry no.3? by ukryule · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Surely, if you're considering a grant Larry is going to be the first name on the list!

    It seems a bit like a Linux foundation (is there one?) giving money to Alan Cox & Marcelo Tosatti and then as an afterthought letting Linus Torvalds in on the party ...

  4. Re:Did anyone notice this? by Soko · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Crap! How did this end up on the wrong story?

    Oh well, moderate it to oblivion, please!

    Soko

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    "Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm." - Anonymous
  5. huh? by SpacePunk · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I wonder if the Microsoft Foundation will be giving a grant to Bill Gates.

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