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Larry Wall

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Larry Wall
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: September 27
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I wouldn't ever write the full sentence myself, but then, I never use goto either.
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It's certainly easy to calculate the average attendance for Perl conferences.
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So please don't think I have a 'down' on the MVS people. I'm just pulling off their arms to beat other people over the head with.
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Perhaps I'm missing the gene for making enemies.
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And besides, if Perl really takes off in the Windows space, I think the rest of us would just as soon have a double-agent within ActiveState.
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There ain't nothin' in this world that's worth being a snot over.
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People get annoyed when you try to debug them.
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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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If you consistently take an antagonistic approach, however, people are going to start thinking you're from New York.
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While I have historically been a late worker, you know, sometimes I even like to get up early and see what's happened in the few hours of the night and then I often take a nap in the middle of the day just to sort of make up for stretching my day out.
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To ordinary folks, conversion is not always automatic. It's something that may or may not require explicit assistance. See Billy Graham.
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Sometimes I wish I could put an expiration date on my quotes.
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Down that path lies madness. On the other hand, the road to hell is paved with melting snowballs.
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The camel has evolved to be relatively self-sufficient. On the other hand, the camel has not evolved to smell good. Neither has Perl.
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What about writing it first and rationalizing it afterwards?
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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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I just hope I'm never promoted to the level of my incontinence.
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The court finds everyone to be in contempt (including himself :-), and orders everyone sentenced to five years hard labor. (Working on Perl, of course.)
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Just because you're into control doesn't mean you're in control.
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