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Post-Modernism was a reaction against Modernism. It came quite early to music and literature, and a little later to architecture. And I think it's still coming to computer science.
Larry Wall
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Larry Wall
Age: 69
Born: 1954
Born: September 27
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I don't like this official/unofficial distinction. It sound, er, officious.
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I'm never satisfied because I've been always interested in too many things and I always want to do everything at once.
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I think it's a new feature. Don't tell anyone it was an accident.
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If any ideology is so serious that you can't have fun while you're doing it, it's probably too serious.
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