The camel has evolved to be relatively self-sufficient. On the other hand, the camel has not evolved to smell good. Neither has… — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
Although the Perl Slogan is There's More Than One Way to Do It, I hesitate to make 10 ways to do something. — 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 Copy Share Image
Perl is designed to give you several ways to do anything, so consider picking the most readable one. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
But the possibility of abuse may be a good reason for leaving capabilities out of other computer languages, it's not a good… — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
Well, you can implement a Perl peek() with unpack('P',...). Once you have that, there's only security through obscurity. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
Perl doesn't have an infatuation with enforced privacy. It would prefer that you stayed out of its living room because you weren't… — Larry Wall 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
I'm definitely a night owl. I get going about the time my wife crashes and goes to bed. And in some sense,… — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
I view the JVM as just another architecture that Perl ought to be ported to. (That, and the Underwood typewriter...) — 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
