A Perl Hacker...

Writes games in Perl.
Has written extension modules in C.
Uses AUTOLOAD and closures in curious ways.
Appreciates the aethetics of the Schwartzian Transform.
Delights in the flexibility of the Perl object system.
Has written their own pod2XXX translator.
Understands the output from Perl -D flags.
Accesses the Perl symbol table directly.
Submits bug reports with working patches.
Edits files using a special Perl-embedded version of vi or emacs.
Has contributed modules, manpages, and tools to the standard Perl distribution.

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