This from Larry Wall (of Perl fame) seems relevant...
The Three Virtues [Paraphrased]
1) #Laziness - The quality that makes you go to great effort to reduce overall energy expenditure.
2) #Impatience - Because you are impatient, you will build systems and shortcuts for your daily work.
3) #Hubris - You have the confidence that you can do better than the status quo.
Easy things should be easy, and hard things should be possible.
-- Larry Wall
The three principal virtues of a programmer are Laziness, Impatience, and Hubris.
-- Larry Wall (Perl "Camel" Book)
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The Virtue of Laziness -- a strange phrase, but gets to the good and the bad of wrestling with God's Word. How about joining me in a moment for tonight's livestream and I'll explain... https://youtube.com/live/uvYGZiX_MDI
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Easy things should be easy, and hard things should be possible.
-- Larry Wall
Open source should be about giving away things voluntarily. When you force someone to give you something, it's no longer giving, it's stealing. Persons of leisurely moral growth often confuse giving with taking.
-- Larry Wall
Easy things should be easy, and hard things should be possible.
-- Larry Wall
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@demiguise @nixCraft It had always been discouraged since #Perl 5.000’s release in 1994: https://github.com/Perl/perl5/blob/a0d0e21ea6ea90a22318550944fe6cb09ae10cda/pod/perlvar.pod#user-content-pod27
As to “why”—you’d have to ask either #LarryWall or #AndyDougherty.
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