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The autodecrement is not magical.

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Larry Wall
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: September 27
Computer Scientist
Engineer
Linguist
Programmer
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LA
California
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Guilty as charged. Perl is happily ugly, and happily derivative.
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It should be illegal to yell 'Y2K' in a crowded economy.
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Just because you're into control doesn't mean you're in control.
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We're really serious about reinventing everything that needs reinventing.
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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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Sometimes I wish I could put an expiration date on my quotes.
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Portability should be the default.
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Hubris itself will not let you be an artist.
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It's there as a sop to former Ada programmers.
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Though I'll admit readability suffers slightly.
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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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Save it for my unauthorized autobiography.
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Being famous has its benefits, but fame isn't one of them.
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I want to see people using Perl to glue things together creatively, not just technically but also socially.
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In general, they do what you want, unless you want consistency.
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Perhaps I'm missing the gene for making enemies.
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We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise.
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