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Being famous has its benefits, but fame isn't one of them.

Larry Wall

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Larry Wall
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: September 27
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What about writing it first and rationalizing it afterwards?
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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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If you and I always agree, then one of us is redundant.
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Let's say the docs present a simplified view of reality.
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I'm sorry, but you just made me lose my sense of humor, which is deeply regrettable.
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If any ideology is so serious that you can't have fun while you're doing it, it's probably too serious.
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Would you trust the linguistic intuitions of someone who has been studying Latin or Greek for three days?
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I suppose you could switch grammars once you've seen 'use strict subs'.
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If you want your program to be readable, consider supplying the argument.
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It's certainly easy to calculate the average attendance for Perl conferences.
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Perl has a long tradition of working around compilers.
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Well, you know, Hubbard had a bunch of people sworn to commit suicide when he died. So of course he never officially died.
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There ain't nothin' in this world that's worth being a snot over.
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A journey of a thousand miles continues with the second step.
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A 'goto' in Perl falls into the category of hard things that should be possible, not easy things that should be easy.
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I don't believe I've ever cuddled my elses.
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Historically speaking, the presence of wheels in Unix has never precluded their reinvention.
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I think operating systems work best if they're free and open. Particular applications are more likely to be proprietary.
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As someone pointed out, you could have an attribute that says 'optimize the heck out of this routine', and your definition of heck would be a parameter to the optimizer.
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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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