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
lazy programmers
Programmers can be lazy.
night naps up-early
While I have historically been a late worker, you know, sometimes I even like to get up early and see what's happened in the few hours of the night and then I often take a nap in the middle of the day just to sort of make up for stretching my day out.
feet hey tolls
Unix is like a toll road on which you have to stop every 50 feet to pay another nickel. But hey! You only feel 5 cents poorer each time.
consistency want what-you-want
In general, they do what you want, unless you want consistency.
way computer perl
Although the Perl Slogan is There's More Than One Way to Do It, I hesitate to make 10 ways to do something.
writing enough glad
If you write something wrong enough, I'll be glad to make up a new witticism just for you.
missing enemy genes
Perhaps I'm missing the gene for making enemies.
world computer method
Yes, but I did manage to increase the amount of virginity in the world by that method.
hands littles different
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.
default should portability
Portability should be the default.
writing code writing-code
Many days I don't write any code at all, and some days I spend all day writing code.
world this-world
There ain't nothin' in this world that's worth being a snot over.
progress boring crank
Life gets boring, someone invents another necessity, and once again we turn the crank on the screwjack of progress hoping that nobody gets screwed.
cheerleading computer worst
The whole history of computers is rampant with cheerleading at best and bigotry at worst.