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Date: 06 May 2001 08:49:28 -0700
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>>>>> "raj" == raj  <israelrt@optushome.com.au> writes:

raj> Yes ! But unlike Perl, Mozart was DESIGNED  and did not grow by a
raj> process of uglification / accretion.

The way you say that, you make it sound like Perl was undesigned.
Perl has a very specific and elegant design behind the scenes, and
Larry Wall would be very offended to hear you say otherwise.

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