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I think it's a new feature. Don't tell anyone it was an accident.

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Larry Wall
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: September 27
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Computer language design is just like a stroll in the park. Jurassic Park, that is.
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And besides, if Perl really takes off in the Windows space, I think the rest of us would just as soon have a double-agent within ActiveState.
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Let's say the docs present a simplified view of reality.
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People get annoyed when you try to debug them.
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Not that I'm against sneaking some notions into people's heads upon occasion. (Or blasting them in outright.
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There ain't nothin' in this world that's worth being a snot over.
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Perhaps I'm missing the gene for making enemies.
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The only reason [not to use] perl is that some sysadmins don't allow software that they didn't pay for. By all means, let them send me money if it makes them feel better.
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Although the Perl Slogan is There's More Than One Way to Do It, I hesitate to make 10 ways to do something.
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It's hard to tune heavily tuned code.
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I note that the Python folks still think they like JPython. I wonder how long that will last?
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Real theology is always rather shocking to people who already think they know what they think. I'm still shocked myself.
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So please don't think I have a 'down' on the MVS people. I'm just pulling off their arms to beat other people over the head with.
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I think the way IBM has embraced the open source philosophy has been quite astonishing, but gratifying. I hope they'll do very well with it.
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We're really serious about reinventing everything that needs reinventing.
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Now, I'm not the only language designer with irrationalities. You can think of some languages to go with some of these things.
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As a linguist, I don't think of Ada as a big language. Now, English and Japanese, those are big languages. Ada is just a medium-sized language.
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I still drive my 1977 Honda Accord. The paint is almost all worn off. It's still running.
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Save it for my unauthorized autobiography.
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Computer programming is really a lot like writing a recipe. If you've read a recipe, you know what the structure of a recipe is, it's got some things up at the top that are your ingredients, and below that, the directions for how to deal with those ingredients.
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