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Larry Wall (born September 27, 1954) is a computer programmer and author. He created the Perl programming language.

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You need to go and find someone to teach you the rudiments of irrational discourse.

Computer, Discourse, Irrational, Needs, Teach

Easy things should be easy, and hard things should be possible.

Easy, Hard, Should, Things

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.

Computer, Literature, Modernism, Reaction, Science, Thinking

Call me bored, but don't call me boring.

Bored, Boring, Call, Call Me

I'm definitely a night owl. I get going about the time my wife crashes and goes to bed. And in some sense, I've had to learn to be more of a cat napper in recent years because Perl development, Perl design and development, has become a worldwide phenomenon - not just mailing lists, but RSC channels, Twitter even. This all happens 24 hours a day. And people come up with questions at any time of the day or night.

Cat, Crashes, Night, People, Questions, Years

I think it's a new feature. Don't tell anyone it was an accident.

Accident, Computer, Feature, Requirements, Think, Thinking

Must be a different Larry Wall. There are at least 137 of us in the U. S.

137, Different, Larry, Wall

You can't have filenames longer than 14 chars. You can't even think about them!

Chars, Filenames, Longer, Think, Thinking

The computer should be doing the hard work. That's what it's paid to do, after all.

Computer, Hard, Hard Work, Should, Work

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.

Know, Language, Languages, Natural, Next, Way

Real programmers can write assembly code in any language.

Language, Programmers, Real, Technology, Write, Writing

I wouldn't ever write the full sentence myself, but then, I never use goto either.

Full, Goto, Sentence, Sentences, Use, Writing

I was raised a musician and I played classic music, violin, in orchestras and music comedy theaters, I have music running around in my head all the time, and if I hear music that's too interesting, I have to pay attention to it.

Running, Interesting, Musician, Raised, Head, Comedy

It is easier to port a shell than a shell script.

Easier, Port, Script, Scripts, Shells

You can prove anything by mentioning another computer language.

Computer, Language, Mentioning, Prove

Reserve your abuse for your true friends.

Abuse, Friends, Reserve, Reserves, True, True Friend

Would you trust the linguistic intuitions of someone who has been studying Latin or Greek for three days?

Days, Greek, Intuition, Latin, Three

Perl should remain fast and intuitive (to the extent that it is :-)

Extent, Intuitive, Perl, Remain, Should

Maybe we should take a clue from FTP and put in an option like 'print hash marks on every 1024 iterations'.

1024, Clue, Hash, Should, Take

The purpose of most computer languages is to lengthen your resume by a word and a comma.

Comma, Computer, Language, Languages, Purpose

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