As a Tolkien aficionado, Larry Wall I think knew what he was saying when he made this comparison. I think that if you compare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The

As a Tolkien aficionado, Larry Wall I think knew what he was saying when he made this comparison. I think that if you compare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hobbit#Plot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hobbit#Plot with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings#Plot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings#Plot, you'll get an appreciation as to what Larry Wall meant.