Rather than pick at your post…
That’s mighty big of you. I guess I dodged a bullet there. As for my part
I don’t get angry at criticism especially if it’s polite or well founded. I do get in a bit of a snit when a node with 35 upvotes is both wrong and, since it lacks citation, plagiarism. The cabal awaits the chance to review your birth certificate.
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"update: note that the Jasper suggestion from marto came 7 minutes after his arrogant reaction to my suggestion. I criticise it because it fails to connect to Perl (upd: actually I didn't - I avoided criticising and tried to be neutral in style, nevertheless...), the group gets its knickers in a twist and loses it with wall-to-wall nonsense retaliation like this one (YourMother)."
You're all over the place here. You say you I was arrogant, when I simply asked you a question. You then claim to have criticised me (you updated your post asking a further question, without bothering to tell me), then update this post to say you haven't been critical because you tried to be 'neutral in style'. You are inconsistent in what you say and what you claim to do.
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There is definitely a cabal here but it is mostly good.
You shouldn't take the cabal out of context. Perl has
been under literal seige from multiple corporate and
university funded troll armies for years. Combine that
with anonymous monks and the need for a cabal becomes
obvious. The cabal is extremely battle-hardened and
prone to react rapidly to extingish skirmishes on the
monastery perimeter. They can be wrong and obnoxious
at times, resulting in friendly fire casulaties, but
consider the alternatives. The biggest problem with
the cabal is this: if they don't appreciate your sense
of humor (or anything really) you'll be branded as a
troll and they will troll you too. Once the "special"
kids get offended by your humor and the internet
generation labels you and the video gamers target
you--they will never stop. Once that happens you
might as well log out or start over with a new name
that behaves because they treat anonymous monks much
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Perl has been under literal seige from multiple corporate and university funded troll armies for years.
Do you have images of the trebuchets stationed in front of Larry Walls house, or are you just using a figure of speech?
In general, I think your post would do better with some supporting facts where you show evidence for such funding.
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Long ago someone noticed that the generous
author of Perl left a few hundred million
dollars of market share just lying around
for the taking, and they took it!
The PHP Corporation has
made many gains at Perl's expense over the years:
"In 1999, their company Zend Technologies was formally
established and received initial funding from the
Israeli venture capital funds Platinum Neurone Ventures
and Walden Israel."
"In July 2004, Zend Technologies raised $8M in a series
C funding and established its headquarters in the USA."
"In January 2005 Intel Capital and SAP Ventures joined
the existing investors in Zend Technologies."
"In August 2006 Zend raised $20 Million in a
series D funding."
"In October 2015, Rogue Wave Software acquired Zend."
All those years of Perl bashing by PHP dweebs was
well funded by VC capital. I have no proof that
PHP Inc. is involved with viral marketing campaigns
against their main competitor that continue
to this day (the regular perl is dead blogs from
seemingly random "folks" online). So that's just
speculation but seems like an obvious marketing
strategy.
Google gives free py classes. That costs money.
By teaching py for free they create "popularity"
out of thin air (filled with cash).
Images of trebuchets stationed in front of
Larry's house now exist, in my head, thanks
to you :-). All I can see there is an old Pacer
with faded green paint. Larry moved out on
July 19, 2000 and left us to guard the fort
while he builds a new galaxy class starship.
Wanna take a ride???
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