Larry Wall
Larry Wall
Larry Wall is a computer programmer and author, most widely known as the creator of the Perl programming language...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth10 March 1949
CountryCanada
needs computer irrational
You need to go and find someone to teach you the rudiments of irrational discourse.
derivatives ugly computer
Guilty as charged. Perl is happily ugly, and happily derivative.
mean want bullets
...this does not mean that some of us should not want, in a rather dispassionate sort of way, to put a bullet through csh's head.
mean computer
Just because you're into control doesn't mean you're in control.
war computer tug-of-war
Don't wear rollerskates to a tug-of-war.
jobs fake trying
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 it.
writing firsts computer
What about WRITING it first and rationalizing it afterwards?
giving input sides
[Perl] gives you the STDERR filehandle so that your program can make snide comments off to the side while it transforms (or attempts to transform) your input into your output.
book computer source
It won't be covered in the book. The source code has to be useful for something, after all...
ada computer former
It's there as a sop to former Ada programmers.
strong feelings computer
... an initial underscore already conveys strong feelings of magicalness to a C programmer.
messengers computer shots
A good messenger expects to get shot.
smell air strange
There is, however, a strange, musty smell in the air that reminds me of something...hmm...yes...I've got it...there's a VMS nearby, or I'm a Blit.
reality views computer
Let's say the docs present a simplified view of reality...