Quote

I think that's easier to read. Pardon me. Less difficult to read.

Larry Wall

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Larry Wall
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: September 27
Computer Scientist
Engineer
Linguist
Programmer
Writer
LA
California
TimToady
Larry Arnold Wall
Pardon
Easier
Less
Read
Difficult
Think
Thinking

More quotes by Larry Wall

Image
I think operating systems work best if they're free and open. Particular applications are more likely to be proprietary.
Larry Wall
Image
It's easier to make up sayings people like to hear than sayings they like to heed.
Larry Wall
Image
The whole intent of Perl 5's module system was to encourage the growth of Perl culture rather than the Perl core.
Larry Wall
Image
Doing linear scans over an associative array is like trying to club someone to death with a loaded Uzi.
Larry Wall
Image
To Perl , or not to Perl, that is the kvetching.
Larry Wall
Image
Not that I have anything much against redundancy. But I said that already.
Larry Wall
Image
You need to go and find someone to teach you the rudiments of irrational discourse.
Larry Wall
Image
Though I'll admit readability suffers slightly.
Larry Wall
Image
A 'goto' in Perl falls into the category of hard things that should be possible, not easy things that should be easy.
Larry Wall
Image
And I don't like doing silly things (except on purpose).
Larry Wall
Image
It's certainly easy to calculate the average attendance for Perl conferences.
Larry Wall
Image
The Harvard Law states: Under controlled conditions of light, temperature, humidity, and nutrition, the organism will do as it damn well pleases.
Larry Wall
Image
I'm afraid my gut level reaction is basically, proceed is cute, but cute doesn't cut it in the emergency room.
Larry Wall
Image
Just don't create a file called '-rf.'
Larry Wall
Image
Are you perchance running on a 64-bit machine?
Larry Wall
Image
My arthritic pinkies are already starting to ache just thinking about ||||=.
Larry Wall
Image
Most of you are familiar with the virtues of a programmer. There are three, of course: laziness, impatience, and hubris.
Larry Wall
Image
Down that path lies madness. On the other hand, the road to hell is paved with melting snowballs.
Larry Wall
Image
The computer should be doing the hard work. That's what it's paid to do, after all.
Larry Wall
Image
Perl was designed to work more like a natural language. It's a little more complicated but there are more shortcuts, and once you learned the language, it's more expressive.
Larry Wall