Perhaps you should compile your Perl with long doubles one of these megaseconds. — 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… — 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… — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
The whole intent of Perl 5's module system was to encourage the growth of Perl culture rather than the Perl core. — Larry Wall 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
There's many scripting languages in the world, Perl is a little bit special because it is based more on some ideas from… — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
I try not to confuse roles and traits in my own life. Being the Perl god is a role. Being a stubborn… — 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
As pointed out in a followup, Real Perl Programmers prefer things to be visually distinct. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
The court finds everyone to be in contempt (including himself :-), and orders everyone sentenced to five years hard labor. (Working on… — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
A 'goto' in Perl falls into the category of hard things that should be possible, not easy things that should be easy. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
It's certainly easy to calculate the average attendance for Perl conferences. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
Any false value is gonna be fairly boring in Perl, mathematicians notwithstanding. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
[Perl] gives you the STDERR filehandle so that your program can make snide comments off to the side while it transforms (or… — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
A Perl program is correct if it gets the job done before your boss fires you. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
I want to see people using Perl to glue things together creatively, not just technically but also socially. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
The only reason [not to use] perl is that some sysadmins don't allow software that they didn't pay for. By all means,… — 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
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