It's actual title is Programming Perl by Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen, and Randal L. Schwartz. That is, the syntax is similar, but also, you don't have to know the whole language to use it. Laziness actually leads a good programmer to work efficiently and plan ahead. That is, they make sure that they check their work and document their code, and keep their programs useful. All of this saves them lots of energy in the future.
Impatience is anger aimed at lazy computers.
It leads programmers to create programs that that can anticipate the user's need in the future, to create and reuse software tools. Finally, hubris, or excessive pride, leads great programmers to write programs that impress others. It keeps quality up. These are the virtues of a great programmer, whether you are programming a machine, or a human brain. Since NLP is teaching done right, the virtues apply to teaching.