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From: rbj@uunet.UU.NET (Root Boy Jim)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: Re: reverse foo('bar')
Message-ID: <119431@uunet.UU.NET>
Date: 21 Jan 91 21:47:21 GMT
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In ALMOST EVERY article  tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen) writes:
>"Hey, did you hear Stallman has replaced /vmunix with /vmunix.el?  Now
> he can finally have the whole O/S built-in to his editor like he
> always wanted!" --me (Tom Christiansen <tchrist@convex.com>)

I hope these jabs are with affection. As I see it, perl and emacs
are quite similar; they are kitchen sinks, able to do everything.

Hell, perl is already half as big as emacs.

As I see it, people who use either are bold adventurers,
not merely content to use what software they've been handed.
Half the code I carry from place to place is Larry's,
the other half is GNU.

Interpreted environments are superior to compiled ones
in everything but speed.

Hey, didja hear Wallman has replaced /vmunix with vmunix.pl?
Hey Larry, when are you gonna start the WNU project?
-- 

	Root Boy Jim Cottrell <rbj@uunet.uu.net>
	Close the gap of the dark year in between