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
programming perl
Perl programming is an *empirical* science!
symmetry overrated
Symmetry is overrated. Overrated is symmetry.
differences space null
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.
economy should illegal
It should be illegal to yell 'Y2K' in a crowded economy.
problem easy shotguns
It's easy to solve the halting problem with a shotgun.
fixed bigs deals
One operator is no big deal. That can be fixed in a jiffy.
obscurity wells security
Well, you can implement a Perl peek() with unpack('P',...). Once you have that, there's only security through obscurity.
sake
Orthogonality for orthogonality's sake is not something I'm keen on.
true-friend abuse reserves
Reserve your abuse for your true friends.
realizing modern posts
We are so Post-Modern that we don't realize how Post-Modern we are anymore.
routine definitions would-be
As someone pointed out, you could have an attribute that says 'optimize the heck out of this routine', and your definition of heck would be a parameter to the optimizer.
white house agents
Even the White House has a press agent.
python people wanted
Perl is worse than Python because people wanted it worse.
calamities far firm handle hurricane numbers seen soon trying worst
We're still trying to get a handle on this thing, but it is too soon to put firm numbers on the damage. This is one of the worst calamities we've been through and it is one of the worst I've seen as far as hurricane damage.