Perl Foundation Awards Perl Development Grant to Larry Wall

Posted by timothy on Tuesday February 5, 2002 @02:22PM 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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In related news... by ekrout · 2002-02-05 14:32 · Score: 0, Troll

In related news, Ford Motor Company has posthumously awarded Henry Ford for Outstanding Model-T Development.

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Re:If I wasn't so laid off a week ago... by ellem · 2002-02-05 16:49 · Score: 1, Troll

This is a Troll? Sounds like a testament to Perl to me.

"Perl has helped me in so many ways. Like the way my laptop formatted itself at 8PM on Friday.

Cost of loading Perl == Free

Getting a call from my boss on Monday, "What's wrong with the laptop?" == Priceless"

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