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You know, I've got my hands in 30 or 40 different pots simultaneously and so I have a little bit of all of that where I work.
Larry Wall
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Larry Wall
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: September 27
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What you'll need most is courage. It is not an easy path that you've set your foot upon.
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You need to go and find someone to teach you the rudiments of irrational discourse.
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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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Down that path lies madness. On the other hand, the road to hell is paved with melting snowballs.
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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 think the way IBM has embraced the open source philosophy has been quite astonishing, but gratifying. I hope they'll do very well with it.
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It's there as a sop to former Ada programmers.
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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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It's appositival, if it's there. And it doesn't have to be there. And it's really obvious that it's there when it's there.
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A journey of a thousand miles continues with the second step.
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If you and I always agree, then one of us is redundant.
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It is my job in life to travel all roads, so that some may take the road less travelled, and others the road more travelled, and all have a pleasant day.
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