There ain't nothin' in this world that's worth being a snot over. Larry Wall More Quotes by Larry Wall More Quotes From Larry Wall Not that I'm against sneaking some notions into people's heads upon occasion. (Or blasting them in outright. Larry Wall occasionsnotionpeople Perhaps I'm missing the gene for making enemies. Larry Wall genesmissingenemy The whole intent of Perl 5's module system was to encourage the growth of Perl culture rather than the Perl core. Larry Wall growthwholeculture If you write something wrong enough, I'll be glad to make up a new witticism just for you. Larry Wall enoughgladwriting I'm sorry, but you just made me lose my sense of humor, which is deeply regrettable. Larry Wall sense-of-humorcomputersorry The trouble with being quoted a lot is that it makes other people think you're quoting yourself when in fact you're merely repeating yourself. Larry Wall factspeoplethinking I think I'll side with the pissheads on this one. Larry Wall computersidesthinking Although the Perl Slogan is There's More Than One Way to Do It, I hesitate to make 10 ways to do something. Larry Wall sloganscomputerway The only reason [not to use] perl is that some sysadmins don't allow software that they didn't pay for. By all means, let them send me money if it makes them feel better. Larry Wall feel-betterusemean I won't mention any names, because I don't want to get sun4's into trouble. Larry Wall troublenameswant Any false value is gonna be fairly boring in Perl, mathematicians notwithstanding. Larry Wall perlmathematicianboring Portability should be the default. Larry Wall portabilitydefaultshould I think that's easier to read. Pardon me. Less difficult to read. Larry Wall pardon-meeasierthinking Perl has a long tradition of working around compilers. Larry Wall perltraditionlong I don't like this official/unofficial distinction. It sound, er, officious. Larry Wall officialsdistinctionsound There's often more than one correct thing. There's often more than one right thing. There's often more than one obvious thing. Larry Wall right-thingobvious-thingsobvious This does not mean that some of us should not want, in a rather dispassionate sort of way, to put a bullet through csh's head. Larry Wall doewantmean Guilty as charged. Perl is happily ugly, and happily derivative. Larry Wall derivativesuglycomputer If you're going to define a shortcut, then make it the base [sic] darn shortcut you can. Larry Wall shortcutsifs Not that I have anything much against redundancy. But I said that already. Larry Wall redundancysaid
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