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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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Larry Arnold Wall
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Don't wear rollerskates to a tug-of-war.
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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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It's hard to tune heavily tuned code.
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And I don't like doing silly things (except on purpose).
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Well, hey, let's just make everything into a closure, and then we'll have our general garbage collector, installed by 'use less memory'.
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The computer should be doing the hard work. That's what it's paid to do, after all.
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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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What you'll need most is courage. It is not an easy path that you've set your foot upon.
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There's a saying in the software design industry: Good. Fast. Cheap. Pick two.
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If you want your program to be readable, consider supplying the argument.
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If someone stinks, view it as a reason to help them, not a reason to avoid them.
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I don't believe I've ever cuddled my elses.
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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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You need to go and find someone to teach you the rudiments of irrational discourse.
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