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> [The way I see it, if you declare something portable, you'll always be wrong, and if you declare it non-portable, you'll always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-wall/the-way-i-see-it-if-you-declare-something-portable-you-ll-always-be/)

[Larry Wall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-wall/)

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> [There's many scripting languages in the world, Perl is a little bit special because it is based more on some ideas from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-wall/there-s-many-scripting-languages-in-the-world-perl-is-a-little-bit/)

[Larry Wall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-wall/)

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> [Perl is designed to give you several ways to do anything, so consider picking the most readable one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-wall/perl-is-designed-to-give-you-several-ways-to-do-anything-so-consider/)

[Larry Wall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-wall/)

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> [The problem with being consistent is that there are lots of ways to be consistent, and they're all inconsistent with each other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-wall/the-problem-with-being-consistent-is-that-there-are-lots-of-ways-to/)

[Larry Wall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-wall/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c02/larry-wall-1576_consistent_the-problem-with-being-consistent-is-tha_2339153.png)

> [...this does not mean that some of us should not want, in a rather dispassionate sort of way, to put a bullet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-wall/this-does-not-mean-that-some-of-us-should-not-want-in-a-rather/)

[Larry Wall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-wall/)

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> [Although the Perl Slogan is There's More Than One Way to Do It, I hesitate to make 10 ways to do something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-wall/although-the-perl-slogan-is-there-s-more-than-one-way-to-do-it-i/)

[Larry Wall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-wall/)

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> [I think the way IBM has embraced the open source philosophy has been quite astonishing, but gratifying. I hope they'll do very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-wall/i-think-the-way-ibm-has-embraced-the-open-source-philosophy-has-been/)

[Larry Wall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-wall/)

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> [The random quantum fluctuations of my brain are historical accidents that happen to have decided that the concepts of dynamic scoping and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-wall/the-random-quantum-fluctuations-of-my-brain-are-historical-accidents/)

[Larry Wall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-wall/)

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> [Natural languages generally are not designed by humans, they're just designed by the participants and you say something new and somebody else…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-wall/natural-languages-generally-are-not-designed-by-humans-they-re-just/)

[Larry Wall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-wall/)

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> [A lazy person will try to always find some way to do something; they'll always be looking for ways of doing something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-wall/a-lazy-person-will-try-to-always-find-some-way-to-do-something-they/)

[Larry Wall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-wall/)

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> [I'm not too concerned about the future of Perl after me, because I see how these people are interacting with each other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-wall/i-m-not-too-concerned-about-the-future-of-perl-after-me-because-i-see/)

[Larry Wall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-wall/)

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> [So many computer languages try to force you into one way of thinking and Perl is very much the opposite of that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-wall/so-many-computer-languages-try-to-force-you-into-one-way-of-thinking/)

[Larry Wall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-wall/)

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## Other authors on Way

## More by Larry Wall

> [Not that I have anything much against redundancy. But I said that already.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-wall/not-that-i-have-anything-much-against-redundancy-but-i-said-that/)

[Larry Wall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-wall/)

> [Perhaps you should compile your Perl with long doubles one of these megaseconds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-wall/perhaps-you-should-compile-your-perl-with-long-doubles-one-of-these/)

[Larry Wall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-wall/)

> [Take Lisp, you know its the most beautiful language in the world -- at least up until Haskell came along.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-wall/take-lisp-you-know-its-the-most-beautiful-language-in-the-world-at/)

[Larry Wall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-wall/)

> [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?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-wall/i-m-reminded-of-the-day-my-daughter-came-in-looked-over-my-shoulder/)

[Larry Wall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-wall/)

> [Yes, but I did manage to increase the amount of virginity in the world by that method.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-wall/yes-but-i-did-manage-to-increase-the-amount-of-virginity-in-the-world/)

[Larry Wall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-wall/)

> [I won't mention any names, because I don't want to get sun4's into trouble.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-wall/i-won-t-mention-any-names-because-i-don-t-want-to-get-sun4-s-into/)

[Larry Wall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-wall/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-wall/and-besides-if-perl-really-takes-off-in-the-windows-space-i-think-the/)

[Larry Wall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-wall/)

> [In general, they do what you want, unless you want consistency.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-wall/in-general-they-do-what-you-want-unless-you-want-consistency/)

[Larry Wall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-wall/)

> [I suppose you could switch grammars once you've seen 'use strict subs'.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-wall/i-suppose-you-could-switch-grammars-once-you-ve-seen-use-strict-subs/)

[Larry Wall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-wall/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-wall/while-i-have-historically-been-a-late-worker-you-know-sometimes-i/)

[Larry Wall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-wall/)

> [All language designers are arrogant. Goes with the territory...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-wall/all-language-designers-are-arrogant-goes-with-the-territory/)

[Larry Wall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-wall/)

> [Perl has a long tradition of working around compilers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-wall/perl-has-a-long-tradition-of-working-around-compilers/)

[Larry Wall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-wall/)

> [Part of language design is perturbing the proposed feature in various directions to see how it might generalize in the future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-wall/part-of-language-design-is-perturbing-the-proposed-feature-in-various/)

[Larry Wall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-wall/)

> [We can debug relationships, but it's always good policy to consider the people themselves to be features. People get annoyed when you try to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-wall/we-can-debug-relationships-but-it-s-always-good-policy-to-consider/)

[Larry Wall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-wall/)

> [The whole intent of Perl 5's module system was to encourage the growth of Perl culture rather than the Perl core.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-wall/the-whole-intent-of-perl-5-s-module-system-was-to-encourage-the/)

[Larry Wall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-wall/)

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