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
writing code writing-code
Many days I don't write any code at all, and some days I spend all day writing code.
writing use sentences
I wouldn't ever write the full sentence myself, but then, I never use goto either.
writing enough glad
If you write something wrong enough, I'll be glad to make up a new witticism just for you.
writing firsts computer
What about WRITING it first and rationalizing it afterwards?
baby writing ideas
You don't have to know the whole language to use it usefully, you can do baby talk, you can do grown up talk, you can cuss in it, you can write poetry, you can be a playwright, is sort of the idea.
hate writing love-hate
For me, writing is a love-hate relationship.
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.
real writing technology
Real programmers can write assembly code in any language.
build
You can't build new ones, so you keep what you have.
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.
hit ivan last passed
When Ivan hit last year, it passed over 150 platforms.
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.
hogs washing worth
I don't think it's worth washing hogs over.
amount time works
There is no schedule. We are all volunteers, so we get it done when we get it done. Perl 5 still works fine, and we plan to take the right amount of time on Perl 6.