Larry Wall quotes - page 4

In general, they do what you want, unless you want consistency. (Larry Wall)
But I know what's important to me, and what isn't. And I think I know what people can get used to, and what they can even learn to like. (It just takes some people longer than others. :-) View quote
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No prisoner's dilemma here. Over the long term, symbiosis is more useful than parasitism. More fun, too. Ask any mitochondria. View quote
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Portability should be the default. View quote
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Besides, REAL computers have a rename() system call. View quote
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But you have to allow a little for the desire to evangelize when you think you have good news. View quote
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Any false value is gonna be fairly boring in Perl, mathematicians notwithstanding. View quote
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I note that the Python folks still think they like JPython. I wonder how long that will last? View quote
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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. View quote
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Let us be charitable, and call it a misleading feature. View quote
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Well, you can implement a Perl peek() with unpack('P',..). Once you have that, there's only security through obscurity. (Larry Wall)
For the sake of argument I'll ignore all your fighting words. View quote
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Well, I think Perl should run faster than C. View quote
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When in doubt, parenthesize. At the very least it will let some poor schmuck bounce on the % key in vi. View quote
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There ain't nothin' in this world that's worth being a snot over. View quote
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Almost nothing in Perl serves a single purpose. View quote
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You can't have filenames longer than 14 chars. You can't even think about them! View quote
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Part of language design is perturbing the proposed feature in various directions to see how it might generalize in the future. View quote
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Perl has a long tradition of working around compilers. View quote
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Reserve your abuse for your true friends. View quote
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Perhaps you should compile your Perl with long doubles one of these megaseconds. (Larry Wall)
The choice of approaches could be made the responsibility of the programmer. View quote
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What about WRITING it first and rationalizing it afterwards? View quote
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Accidental stacks considered harmful. View quote
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You want it in one line? Does it have to fit in 80 columns? View quote
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