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Perl joke heard on television

by Anonymous Monk
on Mar 28, 2020 at 11:41 UTC ( [id://11114747]=perlmeditation: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

Stacy Herbert: You know the flu is way more complicated than this corona virus. I think it's like four strands of RNA. It's so simple apparently the code for it fits on one single page, and this simple little tiny virus is taking down our hyper-complex globalized just-in-time system.

Max Keiser: Yeah I think the COVID-19 is written in Perl, and the flu is written in C++.

Keiser Report E1520 Gold: Problems with Exchange for Physical
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPGmut6_TEk&t=9m23s

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Re: Perl joke heard on television
by marto (Cardinal) on Mar 28, 2020 at 12:53 UTC

    "Max Keiser: Yeah I think the COVID-19 is written in Perl, and the flu is written in C++."

    "Stacy: ...or the other way around..."

      > Stacy: ... Oh you know some coders will complain...

      > Max Keiser: ... I just troll them...

      Mission accomplished, Russia Today! ;)

      Cheers Rolf
      (addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
      Wikisyntax for the Monastery

      It could be documented, or golfed, you never know...
      "Max Keiser: Yeah I think the COVID-19 is written in Perl, and the flu is written in C++."

      "Stacy: ...or the other way around..."

      TIMTOWTDI

Re: Perl joke heard on television
by atcroft (Abbot) on Mar 29, 2020 at 04:23 UTC

    Interesting...

    For whatever reason, when I read this I was reminded of a line by Scotty in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock:

    Aye, sir. The more they overthink the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain.
Re: Perl joke heard on television
by k-mx (Scribe) on Apr 06, 2020 at 03:24 UTC

    As you may know, Perl was born as part of a military project...

      I did not know. A citation would be appreciated.

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