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Perl 5.12.3 represents approximately four months of development since Perl 5.12.2 and contains approximately 2500 lines of changes across 54 files from 16 autho

Perl 5.12.3 represents approximately four months of development since Perl 5.12.2 and contains approximately 2500 lines of changes across 54 files from 16 authors. Perl continues to flourish into its third decade thanks to a vibrant community of users and developers. The following people are known to have contributed the improvements that became Perl 5.12.3: [...], Father Chrysostomos, [...] !!! Good to see Father Chrysostomos cranking out the code in between delivering presents around the world with his team of flying reindeer. Um. Seems like there's at least one Joycean nerd Perl hacker out there, I seem to remember that this is a coinage from near the beginning of Ulysses and it translates from ancient greek into modern English as Golden Mouth?

ffffruit 16y ago
I think you might be a bit confused. Father (John) Chrysostomos, aka Ioannis Xrysostomos in Greek, was an archbishop in Constantinople. He was renounced for his preaching skills thus the translation "Golder mouth". I'm pretty sure he's not Santa.
- igravious 16y ago
  It just goes to show you that puns are the worst form of humour. Please see my comment near here to nkurz!
nkurz 16y ago
Actually, while he may be a closet Joycean, I think he's indeed an Orthodox religious figure. I've shared some mailing lists with him, and got this impression although I don't recall it being directly discussed. I could be wrong, but your reindeer comments might be more impolite than you intended.
- igravious 16y ago
  Of course I didn't mean to impolite, apologies if I caused any offense. Hey - different cultural background, please no more down-votes, thanks! From Wikipedia: James Joyce's novel Ulysses includes a character named Mulligan who brings 'Chrysostomos' into another character's mind because Mulligan's gold-stopped teeth and his gift of the gab earn him the title which St. John Chrysostom's preaching earned him, 'golden-mouthed':[45] Chrysostomos also refers to Stephen, the independent and exiled genius: "He peered sideways up and gave a long low whistle of call, then paused awhile in rapt attention, his even white teeth glistening here and there with gold points. Chrysostomos." The original John Chrysostom died in 407 apparently. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Chrysostom http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Chrysostom

ffffruit 16y ago

I think you might be a bit confused. Father (John) Chrysostomos, aka Ioannis Xrysostomos in Greek, was an archbishop in Constantinople. He was renounced for his preaching skills thus the translation "Golder mouth". I'm pretty sure he's not Santa.

igravious 16y ago
It just goes to show you that puns are the worst form of humour. Please see my comment near here to nkurz!

nkurz 16y ago

Actually, while he may be a closet Joycean, I think he's indeed an Orthodox religious figure. I've shared some mailing lists with him, and got this impression although I don't recall it being directly discussed. I could be wrong, but your reindeer comments might be more impolite than you intended.

igravious 16y ago
Of course I didn't mean to impolite, apologies if I caused any offense. Hey - different cultural background, please no more down-votes, thanks! From Wikipedia: James Joyce's novel Ulysses includes a character named Mulligan who brings 'Chrysostomos' into another character's mind because Mulligan's gold-stopped teeth and his gift of the gab earn him the title which St. John Chrysostom's preaching earned him, 'golden-mouthed':[45] Chrysostomos also refers to Stephen, the independent and exiled genius: "He peered sideways up and gave a long low whistle of call, then paused awhile in rapt attention, his even white teeth glistening here and there with gold points. Chrysostomos." The original John Chrysostom died in 407 apparently. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Chrysostom http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Chrysostom