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From: kshetline@bbn.com (Kerry Shetline)
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Subject: Re: listen (a perl poem)
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Date: 11 Mar 91 18:41:01 GMT
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In article <11666@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV> sharon@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV 
(Sharon Hopkins) writes:
> APPEAL:
> 
> listen (please, please);
> 
>     open yourself, wide,
>         join (you, me),
>     connect (us,together),

Wonderful poem! I'm not familiar with perl, but I am a programmer (I do 
most
of my work in C). I found the effect produced by fitting your words and
thoughts to the syntax requirements of this language stunning.

-Kerry