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Chapter 37 Perl, a Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister
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Laziness
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The quality that makes you go to great effort to reduce overall energy
expenditure. It makes you write labor-saving programs that other
people will find useful, and document what you wrote so you don't have
to answer so many questions about it. Hence, the first great virtue
of a programmer. Also hence, this book.
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Impatience
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The anger you feel when the computer is being lazy. This makes you
write programs that don't just react to your needs, but actually
anticipate them. Or at least that pretend to. Hence, the second
great virtue of a programmer.
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Hubris
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Excessive pride, the sort of thing Zeus zaps you for. Also the
quality that makes you write (and maintain) programs that other people
won't want to say bad things about. Hence, the third great virtue of
a programmer.
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