Perl motto "Easy things should be easy, hard things should be possible"
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The Perl motto "Easy things should be easy, hard things should be possible" encapsulates the language’s philosophy of making common programming tasks straightforward while still empowering developers to tackle complex problems flexibly.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Perl motto "Easy things should be easy, hard things should be possible" canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10826622 — 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: Perl motto "Easy things should be easy, hard things should be possible" Context triple: [TIMTOWTDI, oftenMentionedWith, Perl motto "Easy things should be easy, hard things should be possible"]
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A.
Keep It Simple, Stupid
Keep It Simple, Stupid is a design and problem-solving principle that emphasizes minimalism, clarity, and avoiding unnecessary complexity.
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B.
Epigrams on Programming
Epigrams on Programming is a celebrated collection of witty, aphoristic observations about software development and computer science authored by Alan Perlis.
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C.
Linus’s Law
Linus’s Law is the open-source software development principle that “given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow,” emphasizing the power of many reviewers to quickly find and fix defects.
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D.
Beefy
Beefy is the famous nickname of Sir Ian Botham, the legendary English all-round cricketer renowned for his powerful batting and match-winning performances.
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E.
TIMTOWTDI
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.
- 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: Perl motto "Easy things should be easy, hard things should be possible" Target entity description: The Perl motto "Easy things should be easy, hard things should be possible" encapsulates the language’s philosophy of making common programming tasks straightforward while still empowering developers to tackle complex problems flexibly.
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A.
Keep It Simple, Stupid
Keep It Simple, Stupid is a design and problem-solving principle that emphasizes minimalism, clarity, and avoiding unnecessary complexity.
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B.
Epigrams on Programming
Epigrams on Programming is a celebrated collection of witty, aphoristic observations about software development and computer science authored by Alan Perlis.
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C.
Linus’s Law
Linus’s Law is the open-source software development principle that “given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow,” emphasizing the power of many reviewers to quickly find and fix defects.
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D.
Beefy
Beefy is the famous nickname of Sir Ian Botham, the legendary English all-round cricketer renowned for his powerful batting and match-winning performances.
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E.
TIMTOWTDI
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
programming language design principle
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software development motto ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
system administration scripts
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text processing tasks ⓘ web development with Perl ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Perl
NERFINISHED
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Perl programming language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| audience |
Perl programmers
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prospective Perl users ⓘ |
| captures | balance between simplicity and power in Perl ⓘ |
| category |
programming language slogan
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software engineering slogan ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | minimalist language design philosophies ⓘ |
| describes |
Perl design philosophy
NERFINISHED
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Perl usability goals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
flexibility for developers
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making common tasks straightforward ⓘ pragmatic programming ⓘ support for complex tasks ⓘ |
| goal |
to allow complex systems programming when needed
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to make simple scripts easy to write ⓘ |
| influences |
Perl feature design
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Perl library ecosystem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| reflects |
Perl focus on practicality over purity
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Perl goal of high expressiveness ⓘ Perl goal of low barrier to entry ⓘ Perl philosophy of TIMTOWTDI ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
developer empowerment
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expressive syntax ⓘ language ergonomics ⓘ |
| usedBy | Perl community NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Perl advocacy
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Perl documentation ⓘ talks about Perl ⓘ |
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: Perl motto "Easy things should be easy, hard things should be possible" Description of subject: The Perl motto "Easy things should be easy, hard things should be possible" encapsulates the language’s philosophy of making common programming tasks straightforward while still empowering developers to tackle complex problems flexibly.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
TIMTOWTDI
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oftenMentionedWith
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Perl motto "Easy things should be easy, hard things should be possible"
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