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Computer languages differ not so much in what they make possible, but in what they make easy.

Larry Wall

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Larry Wall
Age: 69
Born: 1954
Born: September 27
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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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Laziness is a programmers main virtue.
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Post-Modernism was a reaction against Modernism. It came quite early to music and literature, and a little later to architecture. And I think it's still coming to computer science.
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Programmers can be lazy.
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I still drive my 1977 Honda Accord. The paint is almost all worn off. It's still running.
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Symmetry is overrated. Overrated is symmetry.
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The random quantum fluctuations of my brain are historical accidents that happen to have decided that the concepts of dynamic scoping and lexical scoping are orthogonal and should remain that way.
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Let's say the docs present a simplified view of reality.
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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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It's hard to tune heavily tuned code.
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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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