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Ask Larry Wall

Posted by Roblimo on from the from-the-master's-mouth-to-your-ear dept.

About what? Perl is probably a good topic choice. No one knows more about Perl than Larry Wall, right? We'll send 10 of the highest-moderated questions to Larry by email, and post his answers when we get them back. Note: Due to Slashdot's line length restrictions, lines of code over 50 characters long may not display correctly. Please be aware of this if you include code samples in your question.

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  1. Line Length by carrier+lost · · Score: 4, Funny

    Due to Slashdot's line length restrictions, lines of code over 50 characters long may not display correctly.

    Isn't this something that can be fixed in Perl?

    MjM

    I only mod up...

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  2. LOTR by baldass_newbie · · Score: 4, Funny

    In the Camel Book, you mention Tolkien's Lord of the Rings as good background reading for Perl.
    Do you think the Peter Jackson movies are an acceptable alternative? Or do I have to read the books?

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  3. The REAL question by unicron · · Score: 4, Funny

    Mr. Wall,

    Your campaign seems to have the momentum of a freight train. Why are you so popular?

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    Finally, math books without any of that base 6 crap in them.
  4. Heidi by Keitarou · · Score: 5, Funny

    That was what I wanted to ask, actually. I was wondering if I could have a date with your daughter, Heidi.
    Thanks.

  5. 403 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think you'll find your answer here... http://www.wall.org/~heidi/