Yes, but I did manage to increase the amount of virginity in the world by that method. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
... an initial underscore already conveys strong feelings of magicalness to a C programmer. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
Human languages tend to be much more ambiguous than computer languages because humans are much smarter about interpreting the context. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
The computer should be doing the hard work. That's what it's paid to do, after all. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
Post-Modernism was a reaction against Modernism. It came quite early to music and literature, and a little later to architecture. And I… — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
I think computer science, by and large, is still stuck in the Modern age. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
Computer language design is just like a stroll in the park. Jurassic Park, that is. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
What is the sound of Perl? Is it not the sound of a wall that people have stopped banging their heads against? — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
Most of you are familiar with the virtues of a programmer. There are three, of course: laziness, impatience, and hubris. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
The young think they are immortal, and are determined to prove otherwise. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
I'm sorry, but you just made me lose my sense of humor, which is deeply regrettable. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
...this does not mean that some of us should not want, in a rather dispassionate sort of way, to put a bullet… — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
The purpose of most computer languages is to lengthen your resume by a word and a comma. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
The whole history of computers is rampant with cheerleading at best and bigotry at worst. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
Not that I have anything much against redundancy. But I said that already. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
Perhaps you should compile your Perl with long doubles one of these megaseconds. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
Take Lisp, you know its the most beautiful language in the world -- at least up until Haskell came along. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
I'm reminded of the day my daughter came in, looked over my shoulder at some Perl 4 code, and said, 'What is that, swearing? — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
Yes, but I did manage to increase the amount of virginity in the world by that method. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
I won't mention any names, because I don't want to get sun4's into trouble. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
And besides, if Perl really takes off in the Windows space, I think the rest of us would just as soon have a double-agent… — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
I suppose you could switch grammars once you've seen 'use strict subs'. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
While I have historically been a late worker, you know, sometimes I even like to get up early and see what's happened in the… — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
