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!
shells scripts programming
It is easier to port a shell than a shell script.
amount time works
There is no schedule. We are all volunteers, so we get it done when we get it done. Perl 5 still works fine, and we plan to take the right amount of time on Perl 6.
chief impatience programmer virtues
The three chief virtues of a programmer are: Laziness, Impatience and Hubris.
difference field football game great
That was huge, in a 7-7 game to give us great field position. That was probably the difference in the football game right there.
car fabrics films milk opportunity outcomes produce wrap
We have the opportunity to produce feedstock to make fabrics like polyesters, plastics for films that wrap our foods, or plastics for things like milk bottles, car parts, all of that. The outcomes are the deliverables.
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.
monster moves until
We won't know any of that until that monster moves on through.
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.
hogs washing worth
I don't think it's worth washing hogs over.
build
You can't build new ones, so you keep what you have.
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.
caused gulf mexico storm
The storm caused the Gulf of Mexico to be evacuated.
hit ivan last passed
When Ivan hit last year, it passed over 150 platforms.