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Larry Wall
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: September 27
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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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Real theology is always rather shocking to people who already think they know what they think. I'm still shocked myself.
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It is my job in life to travel all roads, so that some may take the road less travelled, and others the road more travelled, and all have a pleasant day.
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It won't be covered in the book. The source code has to be useful for something, after all.
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Reserve your abuse for your true friends.
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Symmetry is overrated. Overrated is symmetry.
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We're really serious about reinventing everything that needs reinventing.
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Hubris itself will not let you be an artist.
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Just because you're into control doesn't mean you're in control.
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Almost nothing in Perl serves a single purpose.
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I think the way IBM has embraced the open source philosophy has been quite astonishing, but gratifying. I hope they'll do very well with it.
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To Perl , or not to Perl, that is the kvetching.
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If someone stinks, view it as a reason to help them, not a reason to avoid them.
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Not that I have anything much against redundancy. But I said that already.
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Computer languages differ not so much in what they make possible, but in what they make easy.
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