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Larry Wall
Age: 69
Born: 1954
Born: September 27
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You need to go and find someone to teach you the rudiments of irrational discourse.
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We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise.
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I think operating systems work best if they're free and open. Particular applications are more likely to be proprietary.
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Would you trust the linguistic intuitions of someone who has been studying Latin or Greek for three days?
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But I know what's important to me, and what isn't. And I think I know what people can get used to, and what they can even learn to like. (It just takes some people longer than others. :-)
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I don't believe I've ever cuddled my elses.
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What about writing it first and rationalizing it afterwards?
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