Rewriting the Apocalypse

osfameron, London Perl Workshop, 8th Nov 2014

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“When did you last read a book ongeneral programming techniquesthat contained examples written inPerl?”

- Dave Cross

perlhacks.com/2014/08/perl-usage

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medium.com/@thezerobit/python-3-is-killing-python-5d2ad703365d

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“Do we know how we want Perl 5to look like 5-10 years from now?”

- SawyerX

www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2014/09/msg219234.html

“It's hard to predict what life willbe like in a hundred years.There are only a few things we cansay with certainty. We know thateveryone will drive flying cars…”

- Paul Graham, 2003

www.paulgraham.com/hundred.html

“There are some stunningly novelideas in Perl, for example. Manyare stunningly bad, but that'salways true of ambitious efforts.”

- Paul Graham, 2003

www.paulgraham.com/hundred.html

“At its current rate of mutation,God knows what Perl might evolveinto in a hundred years.”

- Paul Graham, 2003

www.paulgraham.com/hundred.html

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git gc

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floods

genocide

dystopia

nuclear war

yay!

2014 2114

LPW

floods

genocide

dystopia

nuclear war

yay!

safecast.org/tilemap

airqualityegg.com

www.slideshare.net/osfameron/adventures-in-civic-hacking

politicalweb.org.uk

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