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There's a saying in the software design industry: Good. Fast. Cheap. Pick two.

Larry Wall

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Larry Wall
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: September 27
Computer Scientist
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LA
California
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Larry Arnold Wall
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Two
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Pick
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While I have historically been a late worker, you know, sometimes I even like to get up early and see what's happened in the few hours of the night and then I often take a nap in the middle of the day just to sort of make up for stretching my day out.
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Not that I'm against sneaking some notions into people's heads upon occasion. (Or blasting them in outright.
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Natural languages generally are not designed by humans, they're just designed by the participants and you say something new and somebody else says, Oh, that's a cool way to say it, and the next thing you know, everyone is saying it because it's shiny.
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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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Information doesn't want to be free. Information wants to be valuable.
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People get annoyed when you try to debug them.
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In general, they do what you want, unless you want consistency.
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We can debug relationships, but it's always good policy to consider the people themselves to be features. People get annoyed when you try to debug them.
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Hubris itself will not let you be an artist.
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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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Symmetry is overrated. Overrated is symmetry.
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It's easier to make up sayings people like to hear than sayings they like to heed.
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Perhaps I'm missing the gene for making enemies.
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The only reason [not to use] perl is that some sysadmins don't allow software that they didn't pay for. By all means, let them send me money if it makes them feel better.
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I view the JVM as just another architecture that Perl ought to be ported to. (That, and the Underwood typewriter...)
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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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Down that path lies madness. On the other hand, the road to hell is paved with melting snowballs.
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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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There ain't nothin' in this world that's worth being a snot over.
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Information wants to be useful.
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