"...they get excited over revolutionary developments but grow weary at repetitive small tasks." Blast! He's got me. I'm not claiming to be brilliant, but, bo

"...they get excited over revolutionary developments but grow weary at repetitive small tasks." Blast! He's got me. I'm not claiming to be brilliant, but, boy oh boy, do I ever tire of repetitive small tasks. If only there were some way to automate them! Perhaps, one day, some wondrous machine will be created that will relieve us of the burden of empty, mechanical processes. Mayhaps even a small industry might be built around the design and construction of such machines. What were Larry Wall's 3 programmer virtues? Impatience, laziness, and hubris?