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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. 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 ...

  2. 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
  3. huh? by SpacePunk · · Score: 1, Redundant

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

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