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
people notion occasions
Not that I'm against sneaking some notions into people's heads upon occasion. (Or blasting them in outright.
missing enemy genes
Perhaps I'm missing the gene for making enemies.
growth culture core
The whole intent of Perl 5's module system was to encourage the growth of Perl culture rather than the Perl core.
writing enough glad
If you write something wrong enough, I'll be glad to make up a new witticism just for you.
sorry sense-of-humor computer
I'm sorry, but you just made me lose my sense of humor, which is deeply regrettable.
computer language prove
You can prove anything by mentioning another computer language.
purpose perl
Almost nothing in Perl serves a single purpose.
computer language easy
Computer languages differ not so much in what they make possible, but in what they make easy.
views helping reason
If someone stinks, view it as a reason to help them, not a reason to avoid them.
people annoyed trying
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.
python people wanted
Perl is worse than Python because people wanted it worse.
funny science technology
Obviously I was either onto something, or on something.
thinking ada language
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.
life benefits fame
Being famous has its benefits, but fame isn't one of them.