Larry Wall

I note that the Python folks still think they like JPython. I wonder how long that will last?

— Larry Wall

My arthritic pinkies are already starting to ache just thinking about ||||=.

— Larry Wall

I think I'll side with the pissheads on this one.

— Larry Wall

I take time to watch anime. I don't know whether I'm allowed to, but I do it anyway.

— Larry Wall

I'm sorry, but you just made me lose my sense of humor, which is deeply regrettable.

— Larry Wall

When's the last time you used duct tape on a duct?

— Larry Wall

As pointed out in a followup, Real Perl Programmers prefer things to be visually distinct.

— Larry Wall

If you want your program to be readable, consider supplying the argument.

— Larry Wall

Younger hackers are hard to classify. They're probably just as diverse as the old hackers are. We're all over the map.

— Larry Wall

The world has become a larger place. The universe has been expanding, and Perl's been expanding along with the universe.

— Larry Wall

The Harvard Law states: Under controlled conditions of light, temperature, humidity, and nutrition, the organism will do as it damn well pleases.

— Larry Wall

What is the sound of Perl? Is it not the sound of a wall that people have stopped banging their heads against?

— Larry Wall

I think operating systems work best if they're free and open. Particular applications are more likely to be proprietary.

— Larry Wall

...this does not mean that some of us should not want, in a rather dispassionate sort of way, to put a bullet…

— Larry Wall

I'm just paid to do whatever I want to do. Some of the time it's development, and some of the time it's…

— Larry Wall

The trouble with being quoted a lot is that it makes other people think you're quoting yourself when in fact you're merely…

— Larry Wall

Guilty as charged. Perl is happily ugly, and happily derivative.

— Larry Wall

... an initial underscore already conveys strong feelings of magicalness to a C programmer.

— Larry Wall

There ain't nothin' in this world that's worth being a snot over.

— Larry Wall

Many days I don't write any code at all, and some days I spend all day writing code.

— Larry Wall

I am not a sort of person who wants to run a company.

— Larry Wall

But you have to allow a little for the desire to evangelize when you think you have good news.

— Larry Wall

Computer languages differ not so much in what they make possible, but in what they make easy.

— Larry Wall

Not that I have anything much against redundancy. But I said that already.

— Larry Wall

Computer language design is just like a stroll in the park. Jurassic Park, that is.

— Larry Wall

You can't have filenames longer than 14 chars. You can't even think about them!

— Larry Wall

It's easier to make up sayings people like to hear than sayings they like to heed.

— Larry Wall

If someone stinks, view it as a reason to help them, not a reason to avoid them.

— Larry Wall

"Lurking" is one metaphor that the Omniscience has allowed us to borrow.

— Larry Wall

If you and I always agree, then one of us is redundant.

— Larry Wall

The whole history of computers is rampant with cheerleading at best and bigotry at worst.

— Larry Wall

Perhaps I'm missing the gene for making enemies.

— Larry Wall

To Perl , or not to Perl, that is the kvetching.

— Larry Wall

I won't mention any names, because I don't want to get sun4's into trouble.

— Larry Wall

I think computer science, by and large, is still stuck in the Modern age.

— Larry Wall

Historically speaking, the presence of wheels in Unix has never precluded their reinvention.

— Larry Wall

Let's say the docs present a simplified view of reality...

— Larry Wall

Wow, I'm being shot at from both sides. That means I *must* be right.

— Larry Wall

Any false value is gonna be fairly boring in Perl, mathematicians notwithstanding.

— Larry Wall

I suppose you could switch grammars once you've seen 'use strict subs'.

— Larry Wall