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The peril of laziness lost
In his classic Programming Perl — affectionately known to a generation of technologists as "the Camel Book" — Larry Wall famously wrote of the three virtues of a programmer as laziness, impatience, and hubris:
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
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| Apr 12, 2026 | The peril of laziness lost by gpm | 480 | 143 |