Larry Wall
Larry Wall
Larry Wall is a computer programmer and author, most widely known as the creator of the Perl programming language...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth10 March 1949
CountryCanada
writing firsts computer
What about WRITING it first and rationalizing it afterwards?
giving input sides
[Perl] gives you the STDERR filehandle so that your program can make snide comments off to the side while it transforms (or attempts to transform) your input into your output.
book computer source
It won't be covered in the book. The source code has to be useful for something, after all...
ada computer former
It's there as a sop to former Ada programmers.
strong feelings computer
... an initial underscore already conveys strong feelings of magicalness to a C programmer.
messengers computer shots
A good messenger expects to get shot.
smell air strange
There is, however, a strange, musty smell in the air that reminds me of something...hmm...yes...I've got it...there's a VMS nearby, or I'm a Blit.
reality views computer
Let's say the docs present a simplified view of reality...
thinking people facts
The trouble with being quoted a lot is that it makes other people think you're quoting yourself when in fact you're merely repeating yourself.
computer autobiography
Save it for my unauthorized autobiography.
world computer method
Yes, but I did manage to increase the amount of virginity in the world by that method.
brain mind wheels
I procrastinate, but mostly because there's always too many things to do, and I got the stew in my mind that things do bubble up, so I'll throw things in there and let them stew around. It's sort of like greasing the squeaky wheels in my own brain.
thinking sides computer
I think I'll side with the pissheads on this one.
levels computer incontinence
I just hope I'm never promoted to the level of my incontinence.