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Ask Larry Wall

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. We Want Heidi by SpanishInquisition · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Heidi Wall is so hot

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    Je t'aime Stéphanie
    1. Re:We Want Heidi by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      pic?

    2. Re:We Want Heidi by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      ...That one young daughter looks pretty hot. How old is she?

  2. hmmm... by Byteme · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    What are your top ten favorite albums? You know, you desert island disks (DID)...

  3. 50 lines??? by Bandman · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Please! Most of Larry's programs would never THINK of being 50 lines.
    If he wrote a perl script that was 50 lines long, we could replace DirectX!

  4. THATS FUCKING BRILLIANT by redhotchil · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    THAT cockSUCKing BITCH FUCK

  5. Re:Dear Larry, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    photo of daughter.

    hot chick eh?

  6. Re:What is the airspped velocity.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    African or European?

  7. Re:How Object-Oriented is Perl by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Wish I had mod points. This is a good one. Mod this up!

  8. Re:What is the airspped velocity.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What do you mean? An African or European swallow?

  9. Re:Why does perl suck so badly? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    HELL YA! Cause writing in OO is sooo futuristic. My god, are you that much of a moron??

  10. Re:Python and Ruby by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    i'd drain my python over ruby and give her a perl necklace any day.

  11. Please stop answering by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yes, you're all so clever because you know all the words to every Monty Python sketch ever created. Now go put on some clean underwear and get another bag of Fritos and hunker down for another 22 hour NWN bonanza.

    kthx

  12. Re:Why does perl suck so badly? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    you obviousally are so damned stupid you can't see a joke as a joke?

    Ok mr smarty pants... too ducks and a jew walk into a bar...

    you gonna start slamming me on symantics or see it as a joke?

    get off your high horse and get a sense of humor. I got it as a ok attempt at a joke..

  13. Re:What 10 Q's would you ask yourself? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    1) Where are my car keys?
    2) When are these geeks going to stop hassling me?
    3) Should I get rid of this moustache?
    4) What kind of dressing do I want with my salad?
    5) Seriously, isn't perl getting a little out of hand?
    6) Goddamnit, where the hell are those keys?
    7) How the hell did I end up with such a hot daughter?
    8) Where did this stain come from?
    9) Damn, this is a lot of questions, isn't it?
    10) Are we through?

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    Larry Wall

  14. Re:Why does perl suck so badly? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's a joke you twit.. get 1/2 of a brain and you would have seen that...

    oh wait... sorry, I did not notice that you are a special ed student... get back on the short bus billy...

  15. MODS ON CRACK!@!@!!!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    HOW IN THE NAME OF TUX IS THAT OFFTOPIC ??F??!?!

    its a play on words dumbfuck modder

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  16. Re:Perl as a "scripting" or a "programming" langua by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Ah yes, the inevitable racial epithets that crop up whenever Perl is discussed.

  17. Re:How many ducks by geekoid · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    shouldn't that be
    I need to know, quack.

    answer:
    (2cargaregofducks +1) -1

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  18. Dude by loserdave · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    $ perl -e '{ print "Larry Wall totally rules!\n"; }'

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    Yes, I am an agent of Satan, but my duties are largely ceremonial.
  19. Re:Perl as a "scripting" or a "programming" langua by Marc2k · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So J2EE and Java in general is scripting? What about C++/C#/J++/VB.NET? Those are all compiled only to an intermediate language, then interpreted.

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  20. Re:Perl as a "scripting" or a "programming" langua by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yes and yes.

  21. Re:How many ducks by Lxy · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    42.

    You missed one.

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    There is no reasonable defense against an idiot with an agenda
    :wq
  22. when geeks diversify by Tablizer · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    How many average sized ducks can fit into a two car garage. I need to know quick.

    The frequency of such questions is perhaps a good guage of the state of the tech economy.

  23. Re:How many ducks by Tablizer · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    If you flatten them out, 1,274,397.

    I need to find out how to rid my driveway of 12,000 gallons of duck blood before my wife gets home, quick!