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Larry Wall
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: September 27
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What about writing it first and rationalizing it afterwards?
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I don't like this official/unofficial distinction. It sound, er, officious.
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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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Just don't create a file called '-rf.'
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In general, they do what you want, unless you want consistency.
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I note that the Python folks still think they like JPython. I wonder how long that will last?
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Laziness is a programmers main virtue.
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A journey of a thousand miles continues with the second step.
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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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At many levels, Perl is a 'diagonal' language.
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Historically speaking, the presence of wheels in Unix has never precluded their reinvention.
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What you'll need most is courage. It is not an easy path that you've set your foot upon.
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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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Lurking is one metaphor that the Omniscience has allowed us to borrow.
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I'm sorry, but you just made me lose my sense of humor, which is deeply regrettable.
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If any ideology is so serious that you can't have fun while you're doing it, it's probably too serious.
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It should be illegal to yell 'Y2K' in a crowded economy.
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And I don't like doing silly things (except on purpose).
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The Harvard Law states: Under controlled conditions of light, temperature, humidity, and nutrition, the organism will do as it damn well pleases.
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