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One operator is no big deal. That can be fixed in a jiffy.

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Larry Wall
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: September 27
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Doing linear scans over an associative array is like trying to club someone to death with a loaded Uzi.
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Many days I don't write any code at all, and some days I spend all day writing code.
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Perl is worse than Python because people wanted it worse.
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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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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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At many levels, Perl is a 'diagonal' language.
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I think I'm likely to be certified before Perl is.
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Sometimes I wish I could put an expiration date on my quotes.
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Natural languages generally are not designed by humans, they're just designed by the participants and you say something new and somebody else says, Oh, that's a cool way to say it, and the next thing you know, everyone is saying it because it's shiny.
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What about writing it first and rationalizing it afterwards?
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Computer language design is just like a stroll in the park. Jurassic Park, that is.
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I've had to learn kind of sense when the questions would be coming and be ready to handle them. There's a lot of education and reiteration that happens on these online channels and sometimes it's tempting to just say, Well, just go and read the documentation, but you know, people appreciate being led along and taught and mentored.
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Perl has a long tradition of working around compilers.
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