Why I Like Perl

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Natural Language

• fits concepts of a natural language
• Larry is a linguist after all
• (so are Tom, Allison, Simon, Schuyler, Sean...)
• NL concepts
  • idiomatic
  • baby speak
  • scales to match expectations
  • there's more than one way to do it
  • context

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