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Larry Wall quotes

Canadian Author March 10, 1949

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Larry Wall quote: "The overall intent is to make everyone sufficiently happy (or..."
The overall intent is to make everyone sufficiently happy (or in some cases, insufficiently unhappy). Larry Wall
I want people to use Perl. I want to be a positive ingredient of the world and make my American history. So, whatever it takes to give away my software and get it used, that's great. Larry Wall
You can’t change the past. You can’t even change the future, in the sense that you can only change the present one moment at a time, stubbornly, until the future unwinds itself into the stories of our lives. Larry Wall
Larry Wall quote: "I think operating systems work best if they're free and open...."
I think operating systems work best if they're free and open. Particular applications are more likely to be proprietary. Larry Wall
Perl was designed to work more like a natural language. It's a little more complicated but there are more shortcuts, and once you learned the language, it's more expressive. Larry Wall
Larry Wall quote: "To be a good artist, you have to serve the work of art and..."
To be a good artist, you have to serve the work of art and allow it to be what it is supposed to be. Larry Wall
Larry Wall quote: "Some of modern engineering is necessary to good art. But I..."
Some of modern engineering is necessary to good art. But I think of myself is a cultural artist. Larry Wall
Larry Wall quote: "For me, writing is a love-hate relationship."
For me, writing is a love-hate relationship. Larry Wall
A couple of years ago, I ran into someone at a trade show who was representing the NSA (National Security Agency). He mentioned to someone else in passing that he'd written a filter program in Perl, so without telling him who I was, I asked him if I could tell people that the NSA uses Perl. His response was, "Doesn't everyone?" So now I don't tell people the NSA uses Perl. I merely tell people the NSA thinks everyone uses Perl. They should know, after all. Larry Wall
There is no schedule. We are all volunteers, so we get it done when we get it done. Perl 5 still works fine, and we plan to take the right amount of time on Perl 6. Larry Wall
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. 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. 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. Larry Wall
Larry Wall quote: "I take time to watch anime. I don't know whether I'm allowed..."
I take time to watch anime. I don't know whether I'm allowed to, but I do it anyway. Larry Wall
Larry Wall quote: "I'm just paid to do whatever I want to do. Some of the time..."
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

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