Larry Wall

For the sake of argument I'll ignore all your fighting words.

— Larry Wall

A journey of a thousand miles continues with the second step.

— Larry Wall

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

— Larry Wall

So please don't think I have a 'down' on the MVS people. I'm just pulling off their arms to beat other people…

— Larry Wall

Life gets boring, someone invents another necessity, and once again we turn the crank on the screwjack of progress hoping that nobody…

— Larry Wall

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

Must be a different Larry Wall. There are at least 137 of us in the U.S.

— Larry Wall

I've had to learn kind of sense when the questions would be coming and be ready to handle them. There's a lot…

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

— Larry Wall

When they first built the University of California at Irvine they just put the buildings in. They did not put any sidewalks,…

— Larry Wall

I try not to confuse roles and traits in my own life. Being the Perl god is a role. Being a stubborn…

— Larry Wall

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

— Larry Wall

You cant change the past. You cant even change the future, in the sense that you can only change the present one…

— Larry Wall

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

— Larry Wall

I don't believe I've ever cuddled my elses.

— Larry Wall

Laziness is a programmers main virtue.

— Larry Wall

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

— Larry Wall

Orthogonality for orthogonality's sake is not something I'm keen on.

— Larry Wall

Reserve your abuse for your true friends.

— Larry Wall

I don't like this official/unofficial distinction. It sound, er, officious.

— Larry Wall

Unix is like a toll road on which you have to stop every 50 feet to pay another nickel. But hey! You…

— Larry Wall

It's appositival, if it's there. And it doesn't have to be there. And it's really obvious that it's there when it's there.

— Larry Wall

I still drive my 1977 Honda Accord. The paint is almost all worn off. It's still running.

— Larry Wall