St. Bernard? Nay. Dachshund.

Danny O'Brien, of NTK, made a funny comment about Perl people in his blog from OSCON.

One of the big themes for me was hearing the Perl guys wanting to help out everyone else, whether the other languages wanted them or not. That fits in with what's best described as the irrational exuberance of the Perlees. They run around like big slobbering St Bernards, knocking over the quietly studious Python guys and barging into the BOFS, barking and licking people whenever they found them. They really, really want everyone else to have a CPAN, for instance. That's one of the aims of the freepan project.

I think that's pretty hilarious. But Danny, if you read this, I have a St. Bernard and they're loving, affectionate, and very laid back. You chose the wrong dog, they are Dachshunds, in every sense of wiener dog.