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in reply to A page from the PM book of prayer

Very clever!

You need a better symbol/totem than a rosary though. What would a Perl Programmer or Geek use?

—John

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A Totem Re: A page from the PM book of prayer
by Zaxo (Archbishop) on Jun 18, 2001 at 06:07 UTC

    I suggest a totem both ancient and steeped in tradition: An APL typeball.

    After Compline,
    Zaxo

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      Too ancient for me—I've never seen one. My current figet/meditation toy is Silly Putty™. Somehow that's not very reverent, though.
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Re: Re: A page from the PM book of prayer
by Tiefling (Monk) on Jun 18, 2001 at 14:10 UTC
    How about a prayer wheel? More appropriate to some of the Bhuddhist monk imagery we've got, looks like an old printer component, and can double as a foo counter. :-)

    And by the bye:

    ...Through gates of Perl streams in the countless host...

    Tiefling

    -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----
Version: 3.1
GAT d++ s:- a-- C++ UL P++ L++(+) E? W+(++) N+ o? K w+(--)
!O M- V? PS+ PE- Y PGP- t+ 5 X+ R+++ tv- b+++ DI++++ D+ G+ e++ h!(-) y
+?
------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------

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      Hmm, I supposed we could make something. Decorate it with APL "runes" and put FOO MANE PADME HUM around the circumference.

      Camel "prayer flags" would work, too.

      —John

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Re: Re: A page from the PM book of prayer
by Anonymous Monk on Jun 28, 2001 at 15:37 UTC
    D'uh, the O'Reilly book. =D
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