Author: Larry Wall

Quotes

Real programmers can write assembly code in any language.

Real programmers can write assembly code in any language.

- Larry Wall

One of the very basic ideas of Post-Modernism is rejection of arbitrary power structures. Different people are sensitive to different kinds of power structures.

One of the very basic ideas of Post-Modernism is rejection of arbitrary power structures. Different people are sensitive to different kinds of power structures.

- Larry Wall

I think operating systems work best if they're free and open. Particular applications are more likely to be proprietary.

I think operating systems work best if they're free and open. Particular applications are more likely to be proprietary.

- Larry Wall

I'm just paid to do whatever I want to do. Some of the time it's development, and some of the time it's just goofing off.

I'm just paid to do whatever I want to do. Some of the time it's development, and some of the time it's just goofing off.

- Larry Wall

If you're a large corporation, you can afford to pay the money to register patents, but if you're an individual like me, you can't.

If you're a large corporation, you can afford to pay the money to register patents, but if you're an individual like me, you can't.

- Larry Wall

Doing linear scans over an associative array is like trying to club someone to death with a loaded Uzi.

Doing linear scans over an associative array is like trying to club someone to death with a loaded Uzi.

- Larry Wall

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.

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

I think computer science, by and large, is still stuck in the Modern age.

I think computer science, by and large, is still stuck in the Modern age.

- Larry Wall

For me, writing is a love-hate relationship.

For me, writing is a love-hate relationship.

- Larry Wall

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