Mike Bursell

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I've been in and around Open Source since around 1997, and have been running (GNU) Linux as my main desktop at home and work since then: not always easy...  I'm a security bod and architect, co-founder of the Enarx project, and am currently CEO of a start-up in the Confidential Computing space.  I have a blog - "Alice, Eve & Bob" - where I write (sometimes rather parenthetically) about security.  I live in the UK and like single malts.

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Brian -

Of _course_ I minded about the correctness of the results. I'm using humour as an emotional crutch, mainly because I'm British. It's partly a lament that I've written so little Perl these days that I don't even write it well anymore. :-(

I know I could have asked others, but I wrote it in half an hour in a cafe with no Internet access!

I absolutely loved the article, and plan to point others at it. This is the sort of evidence-based writing of which we need more if we're to convince other people that Computer Science is, well, a science.

-Mike.

Matthew -

You're right, of course. I am proud, and I miss the days when I wrote some significant amounts of Perl. It's not the right tool for everything - or everybody - and I felt that my experiences might resonate with enough people to raise a wry smile.

Be Perl. Be Proud.

-Mike.