Larry Wall
Post-Modernism was a reaction against Modernism. It came quite early to music and literature, and a little later to architecture. And I think it's still coming to computer science.
-Larry Wall
architecture
Doing linear scans over an associative array is like trying to club someone to death with a loaded Uzi.
-Larry Wall
death
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.
-Larry Wall
design
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.
-Larry Wall
hope
I want people to use Perl. I want to be a positive ingredient of the world and make my American history. So, whatever it takes to give away my software and get it used, that's great.
-Larry Wall
positive
For me, writing is a love-hate relationship.
-Larry Wall
relationship
I think computer science, by and large, is still stuck in the Modern age.
-Larry Wall
science
Post-Modernism was a reaction against Modernism. It came quite early to music and literature, and a little later to architecture. And I think it's still coming to computer science.
-Larry Wall
science
Doing linear scans over an associative array is like trying to club someone to death with a loaded Uzi.
-Larry Wall
technology
Real programmers can write assembly code in any language.
-Larry Wall
technology
I want people to use Perl. I want to be a positive ingredient of the world and make my American history. So, whatever it takes to give away my software and get it used, that's great.
-Larry Wall
technology
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