Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
Orthogonality for orthogonality's sake is not something I'm keen on.
Larry Wall
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Larry Wall
Age: 69
Born: 1954
Born: September 27
Computer Scientist
Engineer
Linguist
Programmer
Writer
LA
California
TimToady
Larry Arnold Wall
Keen
Sake
Something
More quotes by Larry Wall
Not that I have anything much against redundancy. But I said that already.
Larry Wall
The whole intent of Perl 5's module system was to encourage the growth of Perl culture rather than the Perl core.
Larry Wall
Though I'll admit readability suffers slightly.
Larry Wall
The autodecrement is not magical.
Larry Wall
At many levels, Perl is a 'diagonal' language.
Larry Wall
Doing linear scans over an associative array is like trying to club someone to death with a loaded Uzi.
Larry Wall
I'd make people say 'use Fork' if I thought I could get away with it.
Larry Wall
I'm sorry, but you just made me lose my sense of humor, which is deeply regrettable.
Larry Wall
I talked about becoming stupid, but I've always been stupid. Fortunately I've been just smart enough to realize that I'm stupid.
Larry Wall
What is the sound of Perl? Is it not the sound of a wall that people have stopped banging their heads against?
Larry Wall
When I announced the development of Perl 6, I said it was going to be a community design. I designed Perl, myself. It's limited by my own brain power. So I wanted Perl 6 to be a community design.
Larry Wall
The trouble with being quoted a lot is that it makes other people think you're quoting yourself when in fact you're merely repeating yourself.
Larry Wall
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.
Larry Wall
If any ideology is so serious that you can't have fun while you're doing it, it's probably too serious.
Larry Wall
The computer should be doing the hard work. That's what it's paid to do, after all.
Larry Wall
Don't wear rollerskates to a tug-of-war.
Larry Wall
It won't be covered in the book. The source code has to be useful for something, after all.
Larry Wall
Would you trust the linguistic intuitions of someone who has been studying Latin or Greek for three days?
Larry Wall
Let's say the docs present a simplified view of reality.
Larry Wall
Symmetry is overrated. Overrated is symmetry.
Larry Wall