Question

This non-English language was used by Sharon Hopkins Rauenzahn to write a poem that notes “keys (hidden), open (locks, doors), tell secrets” and pleads “do not, I-beg-you, close them, yet.” An anonymous poem that directs the reader to “open spellbook” and outlines a sacrifice-based ritual is titled for a “Black” version of this language. This language looks like “checksummed line noise with a mission in life” according to Randal “merlyn” Schwarz, who co-founded a group of its (*) “mongers.” This language was created to fill a gap between “whipupitude” and “manipulexity” by the developer of the rn (“R-N”) client and the patch program. In 2019, its sixth version was renamed “Raku.” “There’s more than one way to do it” is a slogan of, for 10 points, what programming language created by Larry Wall, which may be used for “practical extraction (0[6])and reporting”? ■END■

ANSWER: Perl [accept “Black Perl” or Perl Mongers or Perl 6; accept Raku before “Raku”]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Kevin JiangThe Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 NegsFan-tastic Negs and Where to Find Them1370
Jim FanFan-tastic Negs and Where to Find ThemThe Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Negs1370
Caleb KendrickMaryland AMaryland B+1370
Allotey NgekeMaryland B+Maryland A1370
Hasna KarimGlass Onyen: A Knives Out MysteryRutgers Diaspora1370
Emmett LaurieRutgers DiasporaGlass Onyen: A Knives Out Mystery1370

Summary

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