The Semicolon Wars as a software industry and human condition

[Iain King]

Xah Lee wrote:
> Of interest:
>
> • The Semicolon Wars, by Brian Hayes. 2006.
>  http://www.americanscientist.org/template/AssetDetail/assetid/51982
>
> in conjunction to this article, i recommend:
>
> • Software Needs Philosophers, by Steve Yegge, 2006
> http://xahlee.org/Periodic_dosage_dir/_p/software_phil.html
>
> • What Languages to Hate, Xah Lee, 2002
> http://xahlee.org/UnixResource_dir/writ/language_to_hate.html
>
>   Xah
>   xah at xahlee.org
> ∑ http://xahlee.org/

I'm confused - I thought Xah Lee loved Perl?  Now he's bashing it?
Huh?

Iain