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Perl began with the assumption that it would not be the only tool in your toolbox: it set out from the beginning to play well with others. By contrast, there have always been many flavors of LISP and Smalltalk any of which have tried to be pretty much everything you ever need. Playing Nice - what Perl's got that LISP and Smalltalk lack
Root of All Evil?
The Virus Of Faith
The problem is that copyright law is not intended for the public. It is a law that is unintelligible for anyone other than copyright lawyers. It has these draconian notions that anyone copying something is a pirate. This is just a lot of nonsense. Hal Abelson, "Intellectual Property, Copyrights, and Universities"
