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Finally had enough of a certain huckster claiming he “wrote the #Perl compiler.” Let’s see if he loses his “chill.”

> I think @rurban might take issue with your use of the word “the.” And […] #RPerl […] compiles a bowdlerized modified dialect that resembles parts of Perl. (Or as you wrote, “RPerl stands for Restricted Perl”: rperl.org/faq.html#faq_what)
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> It would be more honest to call it “NQPerl,” as in Not Quite Perl. And no amount of hype will change that.

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in reply to Mark Gardner

...wait, "I wrote the perl compiler"? Seriously? Huh. That's a hell of a claim there.
in reply to Mark Gardner

I think the only valid response to him is posting the Bender "wait, you're serious? Let me laugh harder" GIF in response.