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Larry Wall
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: September 27
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I think that's easier to read. Pardon me. Less difficult to read.
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There ain't nothin' in this world that's worth being a snot over.
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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.
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Information doesn't want to be free. Information wants to be valuable.
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I just hope I'm never promoted to the level of my incontinence.
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That which hits the fan tends to get flung in all directions.
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If you consistently take an antagonistic approach, however, people are going to start thinking you're from New York.
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If you want your program to be readable, consider supplying the argument.
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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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And I don't like doing silly things (except on purpose).
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Let's say the docs present a simplified view of reality.
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Although the Perl Slogan is There's More Than One Way to Do It, I hesitate to make 10 ways to do something.
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I'm reminded of the day my daughter came in, looked over my shoulder at some Perl 4 code, and said, 'What is that, swearing?
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I think I'm likely to be certified before Perl is.
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One operator is no big deal. That can be fixed in a jiffy.
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You don't have to know the whole language to use it usefully, you can do baby talk, you can do grown up talk, you can cuss in it, you can write poetry, you can be a playwright, is sort of the idea.
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There's a saying in the software design industry: Good. Fast. Cheap. Pick two.
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I talked about becoming stupid, but I've always been stupid. Fortunately I've been just smart enough to realize that I'm stupid.
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It should be illegal to yell 'Y2K' in a crowded economy.
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What is the sound of Perl? Is it not the sound of a wall that people have stopped banging their heads against?
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