Quotes by Larry Wall

About Larry Wall:

Larry Wall is a computer programmer and author, most widely known as the creator of the Perl programming language.
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I think computer science, by and large, is still stuck in the Modern age.

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.

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Some of modern engineering is necessary to good art. But I think of myself is a cultural artist.

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To be a good artist, you have to serve the work of art and allow it to be what it is supposed to be.

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

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The Harvard Law states: Under controlled conditions of light, temperature, humidity, and nutrition, the organism will do as it damn well pleases.

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The three chief virtues of a programmer are: Laziness, Impatience and Hubris.

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Hubris itself will not let you be an artist.

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I talked about becoming stupid, but I've always been stupid. Fortunately I've been just smart enough to realize that I'm stupid.

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I think software patents are a bad idea. Many patents are given for trivial inventions.

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I'm never satisfied because I've been always interested in too many things and I always want to do everything at once.

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If any ideology is so serious that you can't have fun while you're doing it, it's probably too serious.

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Many days I don't write any code at all, and some days I spend all day writing code.

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I am not a sort of person who wants to run a company.

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I still drive my 1977 Honda Accord. The paint is almost all worn off. It's still running.

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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.

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The problems that I really like to solve are our cultural problems.

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The world has become a larger place. The universe has been expanding, and Perl's been expanding along with the universe.

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We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise.

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We are so Post-Modern that we don't realize how Post-Modern we are anymore.

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Author Bio

  • NameLarry Wall
  • DescriptionAmerican computer programmer and author, creator of Perl
  • AliasesTimToady
  • BornSeptember 27, 1954
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionProgrammer; Engineer; Writer
  • WorksPerl; Perl 6