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Computer Quotes by Larry Wall
- Computer language design is just like a stroll in the park. Jurassic Park, that is.
- I think computer science, by and large, is still stuck in the Modern age.
- Post-Modernism was a reaction against Modernism. It came quite early to music and literature, and a little later to architecture. And I think it's still…
- The computer should be doing the hard work. That's what it's paid to do, after all.
- The purpose of most computer languages is to lengthen your resume by a word and a comma.
- The whole history of computers is rampant with cheerleading at best and bigotry at worst.
- This job of playing God is a little too big for me. Nevertheless, someone has to do it, so I'll try my best to fake…
- Save it for my unauthorized autobiography.
- You want it in one line? Does it have to fit in 80 columns?
- Yes, but I did manage to increase the amount of virginity in the world by that method.
- I just hope I'm never promoted to the level of my incontinence.
- Just because you're into control doesn't mean you're in control.
- It's easier to make up sayings people like to hear than sayings they like to heed.
- What about WRITING it first and rationalizing it afterwards?
- Many computer scientists have fallen into the trap of trying to define languages like George Orwell's Newspeak, in which it is impossible to think bad…
- Just don't create a file called.
- A journey of a thousand miles continues with the second step.
- A good messenger expects to get shot.
- Let's say the docs present a simplified view of reality...
- ... an initial underscore already conveys strong feelings of magicalness to a C programmer.
More Computer Quotes
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- Software is like entropy. It is difficult to grasp, weighs nothing, and obeys the second law of thermodynamics; i.e. it always increases. — Norman Ralph Augustine
- A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen, is that you can take it to bed with you. — Daniel J. Boorstin
- 'You've got mail!' exclaims the cheery automaton at America Online. The flag on the mailbox icon waves invitingly on my computer screen.… — Geraldine Brooks
- I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them. — Isaac Asimov
- One of the most feared expressions in modern times is 'The computer is down.' — Norman Ralph Augustine
- It is fitting that yesteryear's swashbuckling newspaper reporter has turned into today's solemn young sobersides nursing a glass of watered white wine… — Russell Baker