Quotes About Larry Wall

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.

Most of you are familiar with the virtues of a programmer. There are three, of course: laziness, impatience, and hubris.

Computer language design is just like a stroll in the park. Jurassic Park, that is.

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.

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

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