Quote

Real theology is always rather shocking to people who already think they know what they think. I'm still shocked myself.

Larry Wall

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Larry Wall
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: September 27
Computer Scientist
Engineer
Linguist
Programmer
Writer
LA
California
TimToady
Larry Arnold Wall
Thinking
Theology
People
Already
Rather
Stills
Still
Real
Always
Shocking
Think
Shocked

More quotes by Larry Wall

Image
Let's say the docs present a simplified view of reality.
Larry Wall
Image
Perl was designed to work more like a natural language. It's a little more complicated but there are more shortcuts, and once you learned the language, it's more expressive.
Larry Wall
Image
Most of you are familiar with the virtues of a programmer. There are three, of course: laziness, impatience, and hubris.
Larry Wall
Image
One operator is no big deal. That can be fixed in a jiffy.
Larry Wall
Image
If you and I always agree, then one of us is redundant.
Larry Wall
Image
The camel has evolved to be relatively self-sufficient. On the other hand, the camel has not evolved to smell good. Neither has Perl.
Larry Wall
Image
As someone pointed out, you could have an attribute that says 'optimize the heck out of this routine', and your definition of heck would be a parameter to the optimizer.
Larry Wall
Image
We don't have enough parallel universes to allow all uses of all junction types - in the absence of quantum computing the combinatorics are not in our favor.
Larry Wall
Image
Sometimes I wish I could put an expiration date on my quotes.
Larry Wall
Image
The computer should be doing the hard work. That's what it's paid to do, after all.
Larry Wall
Image
The potential of greater good goes right along with the potential for greater evil.
Larry Wall
Image
If you consistently take an antagonistic approach, however, people are going to start thinking you're from New York.
Larry Wall
Image
Almost nothing in Perl serves a single purpose.
Larry Wall
Image
That which hits the fan tends to get flung in all directions.
Larry Wall
Image
Just because you're into control doesn't mean you're in control.
Larry Wall
Image
To ordinary folks, conversion is not always automatic. It's something that may or may not require explicit assistance. See Billy Graham.
Larry Wall
Image
Computer languages differ not so much in what they make possible, but in what they make easy.
Larry Wall
Image
I'd make people say 'use Fork' if I thought I could get away with it.
Larry Wall
Image
Information wants to be useful.
Larry Wall
Image
I don't believe I've ever cuddled my elses.
Larry Wall