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
companies hard invested rebuild thinking
The refineries aren't going anywhere. There is too much invested in them here and companies wouldn't be working this hard to rebuild if they were thinking of moving.
campbell good paints sounds true
Mr. Campbell paints a very rosy picture. It sounds too good to be true because it is too good to be true.
distinction believer visuals
I'm a great believer in visual distinctions.
perl
To Perl , or not to Perl, that is the kvetching.
territory arrogant language
All language designers are arrogant. Goes with the territory...
messengers computer shots
A good messenger expects to get shot.
shells scripts programming
It is easier to port a shell than a shell script.
wheels unix reinvention
Historically speaking, the presence of wheels in Unix has never precluded their reinvention.
programming perl
Perl programming is an *empirical* science!
obscurity wells security
Well, you can implement a Perl peek() with unpack('P',...). Once you have that, there's only security through obscurity.
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.
hit ivan last passed
When Ivan hit last year, it passed over 150 platforms.