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Larry Wall Quotes

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 Picture Quote #1

I try not to confuse roles and traits in my own life. Being the Perl God is a role. Being a stubborn cuss is a trait Picture Quote #1

One of the very basic ideas of Post-Modernism is rejection of arbitrary power structures. Different people are sensitive to different kinds of power structures Picture Quote #1

The world has become a larger place. The universe has been expanding, and Perl’s been expanding along with the universe Picture Quote #1

There is no schedule. We are all volunteers, so we get it done when we get it done. Perl 5 still works fine, and we plan to take the right amount of time on Perl 6 Picture Quote #1

When they first built the University of California at Irvine they just put the buildings in. They did not put any sidewalks, they just planted grass. The next year, they came back and put the sidewalks where the trails were in the grass. Perl is just that kind of language. It is not designed from first principles. Perl is those sidewalks in the grass Picture Quote #1

Computer language design is just like a stroll in the park. Jurassic Park, that is Picture Quote #1

The camel has evolved to be relatively self-sufficient. On the other hand, the camel has not evolved to smell good. Neither has Perl Picture Quote #1

This job of playing God is a little too big for me. Nevertheless, someone has to do it, so I’ll try my best to fake it Picture Quote #1

Not that I’m against sneaking some notions into people’s heads upon occasion. (Or blasting them in outright Picture Quote #1

The court finds everyone to be in contempt (including himself:;:-), and orders everyone sentenced to five years hard labor. (Working on Perl, of course Picture Quote #1

As a linguist, I don’t think of Ada as a big language. Now, English and Japanese, those are big languages. Ada is just a medium-sized language Picture Quote #1

The computer should be doing the hard work. That’s what it’s paid to do, after all Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The problem with being consistent is that there are lots of ways to be consistent, and they’re all inconsistent with each other Picture Quote #1

I was raised a musician and I played classic music, violin, in orchestras and music comedy theaters, I have music running around in my head all the time, and if I hear music that’s too interesting, I have to pay attention to it Picture Quote #1

I think computer science, by and large, is still stuck in the Modern age Picture Quote #1

Computer programming is really a lot like writing a recipe. If you’ve read a recipe, you know what the structure of a recipe is, it’s got some things up at the top that are your ingredients, and below that, the directions for how to deal with those ingredients Picture Quote #1

There’s a saying in the software design industry: Good. Fast. Cheap. Pick two Picture Quote #1

And don’t tell me there isn’t one bit of difference between null and space, because that’s exactly how much difference there is Picture Quote #1

I’m afraid my gut level reaction is basically, proceed is cute, but cute doesn’t cut it in the emergency room Picture Quote #1

A lazy person will try to always find some way to do something; they’ll always be looking for ways of doing something faster, more efficiently, and if you really want to control the world, that’s a really sort of hubristic notion - excessive pride, the thing that Zeus zaps you for having Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Real programmers can write assembly code in any language Picture Quote #1

I think software patents are a bad idea. Many patents are given for trivial inventions Picture Quote #1

I think it’s a new feature. Don’t tell anyone it was an accident Picture Quote #1

Lisp has all the visual appeal of oatmeal with fingernail clippings mixed in Picture Quote #1

The whole history of computers is rampant with cheerleading at best and bigotry at worst Picture Quote #1

Not that I have anything much against redundancy. But I said that already Picture Quote #1

The choice of approaches could be made the responsibility of the programmer Picture Quote #1

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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 (Larry Wall Quotes) I try not to confuse roles and traits in my own life. Being the Perl God is a role. Being a stubborn cuss is a trait (Larry Wall Quotes) One of the very basic ideas of Post-Modernism is rejection of arbitrary power structures. Different people are sensitive to different kinds of power structures (Larry Wall Quotes) The world has become a larger place. The universe has been expanding, and Perl’s been expanding along with the universe (Larry Wall Quotes) There is no schedule. We are all volunteers, so we get it done when we get it done. Perl 5 still works fine, and we plan to take the right amount of time on Perl 6 (Larry Wall Quotes) When they first built the University of California at Irvine they just put the buildings in. They did not put any sidewalks, they just planted grass. The next year, they came back and put the sidewalks where the trails were in the grass. Perl is just that kind of language. It is not designed from first principles. Perl is those sidewalks in the grass (Larry Wall Quotes) Computer language design is just like a stroll in the park. Jurassic Park, that is (Larry Wall Quotes) The camel has evolved to be relatively self-sufficient. On the other hand, the camel has not evolved to smell good. Neither has Perl (Larry Wall Quotes) This job of playing God is a little too big for me. Nevertheless, someone has to do it, so I’ll try my best to fake it (Larry Wall Quotes) Not that I’m against sneaking some notions into people’s heads upon occasion. (Or blasting them in outright (Larry Wall Quotes) The court finds everyone to be in contempt (including himself:;:-), and orders everyone sentenced to five years hard labor. (Working on Perl, of course (Larry Wall Quotes) As a linguist, I don’t think of Ada as a big language. Now, English and Japanese, those are big languages. Ada is just a medium-sized language (Larry Wall Quotes) The computer should be doing the hard work. That’s what it’s paid to do, after all. (Larry Wall Quotes) 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. (Larry Wall Quotes) The problem with being consistent is that there are lots of ways to be consistent, and they’re all inconsistent with each other. (Larry Wall Quotes) I was raised a musician and I played classic music, violin, in orchestras and music comedy theaters, I have music running around in my head all the time, and if I hear music that’s too interesting, I have to pay attention to it. (Larry Wall Quotes) I think computer science, by and large, is still stuck in the Modern age (Larry Wall Quotes) Computer programming is really a lot like writing a recipe. If you’ve read a recipe, you know what the structure of a recipe is, it’s got some things up at the top that are your ingredients, and below that, the directions for how to deal with those ingredients. (Larry Wall Quotes) There’s a saying in the software design industry: Good. Fast. Cheap. Pick two. (Larry Wall Quotes) And don’t tell me there isn’t one bit of difference between null and space, because that’s exactly how much difference there is. (Larry Wall Quotes) I’m afraid my gut level reaction is basically, proceed is cute, but cute doesn’t cut it in the emergency room. (Larry Wall Quotes) A lazy person will try to always find some way to do something; they’ll always be looking for ways of doing something faster, more efficiently, and if you really want to control the world, that’s a really sort of hubristic notion - excessive pride, the thing that Zeus zaps you for having. (Larry Wall Quotes) 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. (Larry Wall Quotes) Real programmers can write assembly code in any language (Larry Wall Quotes) I think software patents are a bad idea. Many patents are given for trivial inventions (Larry Wall Quotes) I think it’s a new feature. Don’t tell anyone it was an accident (Larry Wall Quotes) Lisp has all the visual appeal of oatmeal with fingernail clippings mixed in (Larry Wall Quotes) The whole history of computers is rampant with cheerleading at best and bigotry at worst (Larry Wall Quotes) Not that I have anything much against redundancy. But I said that already (Larry Wall Quotes) The choice of approaches could be made the responsibility of the programmer (Larry Wall Quotes)

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