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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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Larry Wall
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: September 27
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A journey of a thousand miles continues with the second step.
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If you write something wrong enough, I'll be glad to make up a new witticism just for you.
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You know, I've got my hands in 30 or 40 different pots simultaneously and so I have a little bit of all of that where I work.
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Not that I have anything much against redundancy. But I said that already.
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I'm sorry, but you just made me lose my sense of humor, which is deeply regrettable.
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The way I see it, if you declare something portable, you'll always be wrong, and if you declare it non-portable, you'll always be right.
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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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I don't believe I've ever cuddled my elses.
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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 wouldn't ever write the full sentence myself, but then, I never use goto either.
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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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There's a saying in the software design industry: Good. Fast. Cheap. Pick two.
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We can debug relationships, but it's always good policy to consider the people themselves to be features. People get annoyed when you try to debug them.
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Orthogonality for orthogonality's sake is not something I'm keen on.
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