[!CrackMonkey!] Re: Eric Raymond's preachy Unix book doesn't suck, but he does.

[Monkey Master and Prince Regent of San Francisco]

begin  Chip Salzenberg  quotation:
> 'Perl is, in intent, a cleaned up and summarized version of that"
>  wonderful semi-natural language known as "Unix".'
> 	-- The Sayings Of Chairman Larry,
> 	   page <1994Apr6.184419.3687 at netlabs.com>

	I actually struggled with Unix for years before finally
hitting Perl 4.  I actually attribute my understanding of The Unix Way
to Perl.  Had I not encountered it all in a less precise and more
forgiving environment, I never would have figured out shell scripting
or awk or any of that stuff.

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