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To Perl , or not to Perl, that is the kvetching.

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Larry Wall
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: September 27
Computer Scientist
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LA
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Larry Arnold Wall
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The trouble with being quoted a lot is that it makes other people think you're quoting yourself when in fact you're merely repeating yourself.
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Perhaps I'm missing the gene for making enemies.
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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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I'm reminded of the day my daughter came in, looked over my shoulder at some Perl 4 code, and said, 'What is that, swearing?
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As a linguist, I don't think of Ada as a big language. Now, English and Japanese, those are big languages. Ada is just a medium-sized language.
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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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Computer language design is just like a stroll in the park. Jurassic Park, that is.
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Many days I don't write any code at all, and some days I spend all day writing code.
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If you write something wrong enough, I'll be glad to make up a new witticism just for you.
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