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December 06, 2007

Programming is Hard, Let's Go Scripting....

Some folks think Postmodernism means little more than the Empowerment of the Vulgar. Some folks think the same about Perl.
But I take Postmodernism to mean that a Text, whether spoken or written, is an act of communication requiring intelligence on both ends, and sometimes in the middle too. I don't want to talk to a stupid computer language. I want my computer language to understand the strings I type.

Dec 6, 2007 11:44:21 AM | Web/Tech

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Lifehacker: When we say 'stalk,' we're exaggerating, not recommending. I love that Gina still has a sense of humor on Lifehacker. A lesser editrix would have broken down and become serious and plodding, sticking us with keyboard shortcut upon keyboard...

If the reports are indeed correct, which will become painfully clear later today when the Mitchell report becomes public, baseball has its white Barry Bonds. Hi-Ya.

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