I'm having one of those days. Can you tell I'm bored? {g}

Jon Orwant,
No debutante,
could be considered,
a Perl Savant.
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If anyone could clear up the matter of pronounciation below, I'd be most grateful...

Jeffry Friedl (Fried or Freed?)
(when to Master Regular Expressions you need),
wrote the book - he wasn't idle.
Damm! Now it *has* to be Fried-l.

(On the other hand, if it *was* J Freed-l,
I could have used a rhyme like 'needle'.
If you're sew sharp that you cotton on,
Eye think the point of this thread'll be gone.)
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Ouch - I know - that 2nd verse tripped off the fingers before I had the chance to stop it.

Tim Bunce,
No dunce,
Wrote DBI,
"Good Job" says I.
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And lastly - not strictly a clerihew, but it just flowed out before I could shape it.

Tom Christiansen,Tom Christiansen,
Lend me your Grey Matter,
all-along, out-along,down-along lee,
I don't want my code to get any fatter,
with leaked scalars, return failures, 
loops-c-style, spare "close FILE",
no modules, no POD rules,
and Old Variables lying around,
Old Variables lying around.
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Cheers, Ben.