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Absence Quote by Larry Wall

“We don't have enough parallel universes to allow all uses…” quote by Larry Wall — Download Open image

“We don't have enough parallel universes to allow all uses of all junction types--in the absence of quantum computing the combinatorics are not in our favor...”

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