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
years california next-year
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.
oatmeal computer fingernails
Lisp has all the visual appeal of oatmeal with fingernail clippings mixed in.
song love-you ideas
Never put off till tomorrow what you can put off till the day after tomorrow. Like a variant of the song, Tomorrow, only it's more of the idea, the Mexican idea of mañana, you know, [singing] mañana, mañana, I love you, mañana, you're always a day away.
lazy programmers
Programmers can be lazy.
technology design jurassic-park
Computer language design is just like a stroll in the park. Jurassic Park, that is.
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.
anime watches take-time
I take time to watch anime. I don't know whether I'm allowed to, but I do it anyway.
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.
wish computer sometimes
Sometimes I wish I could put an expiration date on my quotes.
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.
cat night years
I'm definitely a night owl. I get going about the time my wife crashes and goes to bed. And in some sense, I've had to learn to be more of a cat napper in recent years because Perl development, Perl design and development, has become a worldwide phenomenon - not just mailing lists, but RSC channels, Twitter even. This all happens 24 hours a day. And people come up with questions at any time of the day or night.