Agents Quote by Larry Wall

Almost nothing in Perl serves a single purpose.

— Larry Wall

Let's just hope that all the world is run by Bill Gates before the Perl hackers can destroy it.

— Erik Naggum

What I actually admire in Perl is its ability to provide a very successful abstraction of the horrible mess that is collectively called Unix.

— Erik Naggum

The only reason [not to use] perl is that some sysadmins don't allow software that they didn't pay for. By all means, let them…

— Larry Wall

Well, I think Perl should run faster than C.

— Larry Wall

Perl should remain fast and intuitive (to the extent that it is :-)

— Larry Wall

“Perl was designed as a programming language for automating system administration.”

— Mike Loukides

But the possibility of abuse may be a good reason for leaving capabilities out of other computer languages, it's not a good reason for…

— Larry Wall

Perl has a long tradition of working around compilers.

— Larry Wall

As pointed out in a followup, Real Perl Programmers prefer things to be visually distinct.

— Larry Wall

To Perl , or not to Perl, that is the kvetching.

— Larry Wall

Perl programming is an *empirical* science!

— Larry Wall