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I think I'll side with the pissheads on this one.

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Larry Wall
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: September 27
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Basically there's just so much stuff flowing past on the internet now, you have to let most of it go. And I've grown accustomed to the process of not worrying too much about the stuff I'm not getting to, because the important stuff will come back around.
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Laziness is a programmers main virtue.
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It should be illegal to yell 'Y2K' in a crowded economy.
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A journey of a thousand miles continues with the second step.
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Doing linear scans over an associative array is like trying to club someone to death with a loaded Uzi.
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Computer language design is just like a stroll in the park. Jurassic Park, that is.
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To Perl , or not to Perl, that is the kvetching.
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You need to go and find someone to teach you the rudiments of irrational discourse.
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If you want your program to be readable, consider supplying the argument.
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The purpose of most computer languages is to lengthen your resume by a word and a comma.
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Now, I'm not the only language designer with irrationalities. You can think of some languages to go with some of these things.
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It's there as a sop to former Ada programmers.
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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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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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What you'll need most is courage. It is not an easy path that you've set your foot upon.
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There's a saying in the software design industry: Good. Fast. Cheap. Pick two.
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