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Language is basic stuff, but hard to do well all of the time. This is a great reminder for the way our language and questions can affect the outcome of work.

The only thing that I couldn't help thinking, at the end, is that the senior engineer gives up potential conflict around the language (which it seems to be known may be difficult to maintain) in order to empower the junior engineer to own the decision. However, I get the feeling that this wouldn't be best for the business/team in the real world. In the real world, the question might be posed "What would the perl language give you that language X wouldn't, for this problem?"