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
historical brain way
The random quantum fluctuations of my brain are historical accidents that happen to have decided that the concepts of dynamic scoping and lexical scoping are orthogonal and should remain that way.
way problem consistent
The problem with being consistent is that there are lots of ways to be consistent, and they're all inconsistent with each other.
giving way perl
Perl is designed to give you several ways to do anything, so consider picking the most readable one.
way ifs
The way I see it, if you declare something portable, you'll always be wrong, and if you declare it non-portable, you'll always be right.
way computer perl
Although the Perl Slogan is There's More Than One Way to Do It, I hesitate to make 10 ways to do something.
philosophy thinking way
I think the way IBM has embraced the open source philosophy has been quite astonishing, but gratifying. I hope they'll do very well with it.
way next language
Natural languages generally are not designed by humans, they're just designed by the participants and you say something new and somebody else says, "Oh, that's a cool way to say it," and the next thing you know, everyone is saying it because it's shiny.
people way helping
I'm not too concerned about the future of Perl after me, because I see how these people are interacting with each other and even when I'm not there, they are helping each other and solving each other's problems in a way that I could not do, even if I were there.
caused gulf mexico storm
The storm caused the Gulf of Mexico to be evacuated.
calamities far firm handle hurricane numbers seen soon trying worst
We're still trying to get a handle on this thing, but it is too soon to put firm numbers on the damage. This is one of the worst calamities we've been through and it is one of the worst I've seen as far as hurricane damage.
difference field football game great
That was huge, in a 7-7 game to give us great field position. That was probably the difference in the football game right there.
car fabrics films milk opportunity outcomes produce wrap
We have the opportunity to produce feedstock to make fabrics like polyesters, plastics for films that wrap our foods, or plastics for things like milk bottles, car parts, all of that. The outcomes are the deliverables.
hogs washing worth
I don't think it's worth washing hogs over.
campbell good paints sounds true
Mr. Campbell paints a very rosy picture. It sounds too good to be true because it is too good to be true.