All Larry Wall Quotes
- That which hits the fan tends to get flung in all directions. All
- When in doubt, parenthesize. At the very least it will let some poor schmuck bounce on the % key in vi. Bounce
- The problem with being consistent is that there are lots of ways to be consistent, and they're all inconsistent with each other. All
- Symmetry is overrated. Overrated is symmetry. Inspirational
- In general, they do what you want, unless you want consistency. Consistency
- Now, I'm not the only language designer with irrationalities. You can think of some languages to go with some of these things. Designer
- And don't tell me there isn't one bit of difference between null and space, because that's exactly how much difference there is. Bit
- The purpose of most computer languages is to lengthen your resume by a word and a comma. Comma
- Unix is like a toll road on which you have to stop every 50 feet to pay another nickel. But hey! You only feel 5… Another Nickel
- Let us be charitable, and call it a misleading feature Call
- The whole history of computers is rampant with cheerleading at best and bigotry at worst. Best
- But you have to allow a little for the desire to evangelize when you think you have good news. Allow
- Life gets boring, someone invents another necessity, and once again we turn the crank on the screwjack of progress hoping that nobody gets screwed. Boring
- There ain't nothin' in this world that's worth being a snot over. Inspirational
- Odd that we think definitions are definitive. Definitions
- The random quantum fluctuations of my brain are historical accidents that happen to have decided that the concepts of dynamic scoping and lexical scoping are… Accidents
- Part of language design is perturbing the proposed feature in various directions to see how it might generalize in the future. Design
- Real theology is always rather shocking to people who already think they know what they think. I'm still shocked myself. Already Think
- Call me bored, but don't call me boring. Bored
- The choice of approaches could be made the responsibility of the programmer. Approach