Computer language Quote by Larry Wall Download Open image “It is easier to port a shell than a shell script.” — Larry Wall ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Computer language Computer programming Easier Port Programming Programming languages Scripts Shells
To be honest, I have never thought about the intricacies of a script. — Vijay Antony Copy Share Image
In my experience, telling someone to switch Unix shells for ease of use is like telling him to switch cigarette brands for his health. — Chris Espinosa Copy Share Image
When you have a good script you're almost in more trouble than when you have a terrible script. — Robert Downey, Jr Copy Share Image
A script is a unique literary form, because it's not the end product; it's a blueprint. If you're not thinking of that end product,… — Evan Daugherty Copy Share Image
The best script in the world doesn't work perfectly when you actually act it out. That's a law. That's a given. So you have… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
Not that I have anything much against redundancy. But I said that already. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
Perhaps you should compile your Perl with long doubles one of these megaseconds. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
Take Lisp, you know its the most beautiful language in the world -- at least up until Haskell came along. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
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? — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
Yes, but I did manage to increase the amount of virginity in the world by that method. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
I won't mention any names, because I don't want to get sun4's into trouble. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
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… — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
I suppose you could switch grammars once you've seen 'use strict subs'. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
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… — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
If you cannot grok the overall structure of a program while taking a shower, you are not ready to code it. — Richard E. Pattis Copy Share Image
I think that it's extraordinarily important that we in computer science keep fun in computing. When it started out, it was an awful lot… — Alan Perlis Copy Share Image
Beauty is more important in computing than anywhere else in technology because software is so complicated. Beauty is the ultimate defense against complexity. — David Gelernter Copy Share Image
The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to chance. — Robert Coveyou Copy Share Image
First, we want to establish the idea that a computer language is not just a way of getting a computer to perform operations but… — Hal Abelson Copy Share Image
When certain concepts of TeX are introduced informally, general rules will be stated; afterwards you will find that the rules aren't strictly true. In… — Donald Knuth Copy Share Image
A teacher's job is to take a bunch of live wires and see that they are well-grounded. — Darwin D. Martin Copy Share Image
Computer Science is the only discipline in which we view adding a new wing to a building as being maintenance. — Jim Horning Copy Share Image
One purpose of CRC cards [a design tool] is to fail early, to fail often, and to fail inexpensively. It is a lot cheaper… — Cay S. Horstmann Copy Share Image
Programming languages, like pizzas, come in only too sizes; too big and too small. — Richard E. Pattis Copy Share Image
It's [programming] the only job I can think of where I get to be both an engineer and an artist. There's an incredible, rigorous,… — Andy Hertzfeld Copy Share Image
Beauty is more important in computing than anywhere else in technology because software is so complicated. Beauty is the ultimate defense against complexity. ...… — David Gelernter Copy Share Image