A journey of a thousand miles continues with the second step. by Larry Wall

A journey of a thousand miles continues with the second step.

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For the sake of argument I'll ignore all your fighting words. by Larry Wall

For the sake of argument I'll ignore all your fighting words.

argument fighting sake

And besides, if Perl really takes off in the Windows space, I think the rest of us would just as soon have a double-agent within ActiveState.

agents space thinking

Accidental stacks considered harmful. by Larry Wall

Accidental stacks considered harmful.

Odd that we think definitions are definitive. by Larry Wall

Odd that we think definitions are definitive.

definitions odd thinking

Must be a different Larry Wall. There are at least 137 of us in t... by Larry Wall

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

larry wall different

As pointed out in a followup, Real Perl Programmers prefer things... by Larry Wall

As pointed out in a followup, Real Perl Programmers prefer things to be visually distinct.

perl programmers real

Well, you can implement a Perl peek() with unpack('P',...). Once you have that, there's only security through obscurity.

obscurity security wells

That being said, I think we should immediately deprecate any string concatenation that combines '19' with '99'.

strings should thinking

And I don't like doing silly things (except on purpose). by Larry Wall

And I don't like doing silly things (except on purpose).

silly-things purpose silly

Somebody out there is going to do something that's far more surprising than anything that I would do. I was surprised by the whole web thing in the first place.

surprising whole firsts

I try not to confuse roles and traits in my own life. Being the Perl god is a role. Being a stubborn cuss is a trait.

stubborn roles trying

It is my job in life to travel all roads, so that some may take the road less travelled, and others the road more travelled, and all have a pleasant day.

road-less-travelled may jobs

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

intuition greek latin

Unix is like a toll road on which you have to stop every 50 feet to pay another nickel. But hey! You only feel 5 cents poorer each time.

The whole history of computers is rampant with cheerleading at be... by Larry Wall

The whole history of computers is rampant with cheerleading at best and bigotry at worst.

cheerleading computer worst

Don't wear rollerskates to a tug-of-war. by Larry Wall

Don't wear rollerskates to a tug-of-war.

tug-of-war computer war

[Perl] gives you the STDERR filehandle so that your program can make snide comments off to the side while it transforms (or attempts to transform) your input into your output.

input sides giving

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.

historical brain way

Real theology is always rather shocking to people who already think they know what they think. I'm still shocked myself.

real people thinking

Even if you aren't in doubt, consider the mental welfare of the person who has to maintain the code after you, and who will probably put parens in the wrong place.

code welfare doubt