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Quoting "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" <ve3wwg@home.com>:
> mike@nospam wrote:
> > In article <tTRu7.25751$S_6.2879078@news20.bellglobal.com>, Pi
> > first, perl is ugly. it is write-only language.
> Heh, heh, that is the best explanation of perl I have ever heard!
> . . .
> I'll have to remember that one ;-)
> . . .

And the best "serious" one I know is

http://cs1.cs.nyu.edu/bacon/phd-thesis/diss/node52.html#SECTION001091000000000000000

Cheers,

--MAA


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