TIMTOWTDI
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TIMTOWTDI is a Perl programming philosophy acronym meaning “There Is More Than One Way To Do It,” emphasizing flexibility and multiple valid approaches to solving problems.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| TIMTOWTDI canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2313630 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: TIMTOWTDI Context triple: [Larry Wall, notableIdea, TIMTOWTDI]
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A.
The New Timer
"The New Timer" is a somber folk-rock song by Bruce Springsteen that tells a poignant story of economic hardship and personal struggle in contemporary America.
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B.
99 Problems
"99 Problems" is a 2003 hip-hop single by Jay-Z that blends hard-hitting social commentary with a memorable hook and has become one of his most iconic songs.
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C.
Tilde
Tilde is a software development company best known for its work on open-source JavaScript tools and frameworks such as Ember.js and Yarn.
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D.
Perly
Perly is a Swiss village in the canton of Geneva, situated near the French border and forming part of the commune of Perly-Certoux.
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E.
The Minimalist Program
The Minimalist Program is a major theoretical framework in generative linguistics, developed by Noam Chomsky, that seeks to explain the properties of human language through the simplest and most economical principles and mechanisms.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: TIMTOWTDI Target entity description: TIMTOWTDI is a Perl programming philosophy acronym meaning “There Is More Than One Way To Do It,” emphasizing flexibility and multiple valid approaches to solving problems.
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A.
The New Timer
"The New Timer" is a somber folk-rock song by Bruce Springsteen that tells a poignant story of economic hardship and personal struggle in contemporary America.
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B.
99 Problems
"99 Problems" is a 2003 hip-hop single by Jay-Z that blends hard-hitting social commentary with a memorable hook and has become one of his most iconic songs.
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C.
Tilde
Tilde is a software development company best known for its work on open-source JavaScript tools and frameworks such as Ember.js and Yarn.
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D.
Perly
Perly is a Swiss village in the canton of Geneva, situated near the French border and forming part of the commune of Perly-Certoux.
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E.
The Minimalist Program
The Minimalist Program is a major theoretical framework in generative linguistics, developed by Noam Chomsky, that seeks to explain the properties of human language through the simplest and most economical principles and mechanisms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
acronym
ⓘ
programming philosophy ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Perl community discussions
ⓘ
Perl documentation ⓘ |
| associatedWithCommunity | Perl community ⓘ |
| associatedWithLanguage | Perl ⓘ |
| canLeadTo |
harder code maintenance
ⓘ
inconsistent coding styles ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | There should be one—and preferably only one—obvious way to do it ⓘ |
| contrastsWithPhilosophyOf | Python ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
creativity in problem solving
ⓘ
flexibility ⓘ multiple valid approaches ⓘ |
| encourages |
experimentation
ⓘ
personal coding style ⓘ |
| fullForm | There Is More Than One Way To Do It ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | TIMTOWTDI self-link ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| influences |
Perl coding practices
ⓘ
Perl culture ⓘ Perl library design ⓘ |
| languageDesignInfluence |
Perl context sensitivity
ⓘ
Perl multiple operators for similar tasks ⓘ Perl syntax richness ⓘ |
| notableProponent | Larry Wall ⓘ |
| oftenMentionedWith | Perl motto "Easy things should be easy, hard things should be possible" ⓘ |
| originatedIn | Perl culture ⓘ |
| philosophyScope |
problem solving
ⓘ
software development ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Perl motto
ⓘ
expressiveness in programming languages ⓘ language flexibility ⓘ |
| shortForm | TMTOWTDI ⓘ |
| supports |
expressive code
ⓘ
idiomatic diversity ⓘ programmer freedom ⓘ |
| usedAs |
design principle
ⓘ
guiding philosophy ⓘ slogan ⓘ |
| valuePromoted |
choice
ⓘ
individual expression in code ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: TIMTOWTDI Description of subject: TIMTOWTDI is a Perl programming philosophy acronym meaning “There Is More Than One Way To Do It,” emphasizing flexibility and multiple valid approaches to solving problems.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.