I think it's a new feature. Don't tell anyone it was an accident. — Larry Wall Accident Copy Share Image
I still drive my 1977 Honda Accord. The paint is almost all worn off. It's still running. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
The young think they are immortal, and are determined to prove otherwise. — Larry Wall Computer Copy Share Image
I just hope I'm never promoted to the level of my incontinence. — Larry Wall Computer Copy Share Image
The purpose of most computer languages is to lengthen your resume by a word and a comma. — Larry Wall Computer Copy Share Image
True greatness is measured by how much freedom you give to others, not by how much you can coerce others to do… — Larry Wall Freedom Copy Share Image
Part of language design is perturbing the proposed feature in various directions to see how it might generalize in the future. — Larry Wall Design Copy Share Image
[Boxed] Multiple bouncing balls in a box are a metaphor for community. Notice how the escaping balls explode. This is what happens… — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
But I know what's important to me, and what isn't. And I think I know what people can get used to, and… — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
I think the way IBM has embraced the open source philosophy has been quite astonishing, but gratifying. I hope they'll do very… — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
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. — Larry Wall Differences Copy Share Image
It's appositival, if it's there. And it doesn't have to be there. And it's really obvious that it's there when it's there. — Larry Wall Funny Copy Share Image
There is, however, a strange, musty smell in the air that reminds me of something...hmm...yes...I've got it...there's a VMS nearby, or I'm… — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
When they first built the University of California at Irvine they just put the buildings in. They did not put any sidewalks,… — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
A lazy person will try to always find some way to do something; they'll always be looking for ways of doing something… — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
When I announced the development of Perl 6, I said it was going to be a community design. I designed Perl, myself.… — Larry Wall Brain Copy Share Image
I'm not too concerned about the future of Perl after me, because I see how these people are interacting with each other… — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
So many computer languages try to force you into one way of thinking and Perl is very much the opposite of that… — Larry Wall Approach Copy Share Image
You don't have to know the whole language to use it usefully, you can do baby talk, you can do grown up… — Larry Wall Baby Copy Share Image
I've decided I don't want to be a manager. Every time you try to be responsive to your employees, they say you're… — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
Natural languages generally are not designed by humans, they're just designed by the participants and you say something new and somebody else… — Larry Wall Humans Copy Share Image
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