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
consistency want what-you-want
In general, they do what you want, unless you want consistency.
want satisfied
I'm never satisfied because I've been always interested in too many things and I always want to do everything at once.
want development goofing-off
I'm just paid to do whatever I want to do. Some of the time it's development, and some of the time it's just goofing off.
running want company
I am not a sort of person who wants to run a company.
people together want
I want to see people using Perl to glue things together creatively, not just technically but also socially.
python people wanted
Perl is worse than Python because people wanted it worse.
want information valuable
Information doesn't want to be free. Information wants to be valuable.
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.
lines want one-line
You want it in one line? Does it have to fit in 80 columns?
want information
Information wants to be useful.
want argument program
If you want your program to be readable, consider supplying the argument.
names want trouble
I won't mention any names, because I don't want to get sun4's into trouble...
trying want arbitrary
I've decided I don't want to be a manager. Every time you try to be responsive to your employees, they say you're being reactive and not proactive. And when you try to be proactive, they accuse you of being capricious and arbitrary. So I don't wanna be a manager...
caused gulf mexico storm
The storm caused the Gulf of Mexico to be evacuated.