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
artist hubris
Hubris itself will not let you be an artist.
running paint honda
I still drive my 1977 Honda Accord. The paint is almost all worn off. It's still running.
time tape lasts
When's the last time you used duct tape on a duct?
power community design
When I announced the development of Perl 6, I said it was going to be a community design. I designed Perl, myself. It's limited by my own brain power. So I wanted Perl 6 to be a community design.
running thinking faster
Well, I think Perl should run faster than C.
perl
To Perl , or not to Perl, that is the kvetching.
order years court
The court finds everyone to be in contempt (including himself:;:-), and orders everyone sentenced to five years hard labor. (Working on Perl, of course.
distinction believer visuals
I'm a great believer in visual distinctions.
want argument program
If you want your program to be readable, consider supplying the argument.
long tradition perl
Perl has a long tradition of working around compilers.
sound distinction officials
I don't like this official/unofficial distinction. It sound, er, officious.
writing recipes ingredients
Computer programming is really a lot like writing a recipe. If you've read a recipe, you know what the structure of a recipe is, it's got some things up at the top that are your ingredients, and below that, the directions for how to deal with those ingredients.
fall easy should
A 'goto' in Perl falls into the category of hard things that should be possible, not easy things that should be easy.
boring mathematician perl
Any false value is gonna be fairly boring in Perl, mathematicians notwithstanding.