Q: What's the difference between writing Perl and taking a severe beating? A: Nothing. The wonder of Perl is that it helps you get the latter without needing any external assistance.
You downvoters are so uptight! Are attempts are humor against HN guidelines? Surely (or maybe not!) you can appreciate a good joke? Unless it hit too close to home, pun intended? (Disclaimer: I do not advocate taking a severe beating, Perl-inflicted or otherwise.)
I didn't vote on any of your comments here. Humor doesn't go all that well here, my take on that is that it is of course subjective, and a whole lot of it is quite a bit less original than maybe the commenter thinks (which turns it into a sort of noise).
