17 years ago it was &quot;Let&#x27;s rewrite Unix in Perl&quot; ...
<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.slashdot.org&#x2F;story&#x2F;99&#x2F;02&#x2F;28&#x2F;1639216&#x2F;unix-in-perl" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.slashdot.org&#x2F;story&#x2F;99&#x2F;02&#x2F;28&#x2F;1639216&#x2F;unix-in-perl</a><p>I do wish them the best luck, though.