Larry Wall Quotes About Computers

Quotes about: Computers

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

  Larry Wall

  Funny, Technology, Three

• Lisp has all the visual appeal of oatmeal with fingernail clippings mixed in.

  Larry Wall

  Oatmeal, Computer, Fingernails

  Usenet article, 1994.

• I think it's a new feature. Don't tell anyone it was an accident.

  Larry Wall

  Thinking, Requirements, Computer

  Usenet article "s///e bizarreness", groups.google.com. January 4, 1991.

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

  Larry Wall

  Technology, Jurassic Park, Design

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

  Larry Wall

  Technology, Trying, Clubs

  "Perl Cookbook second edition". Book by Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington, 2003.

• This does not mean that some of us should not want, in a rather dispassionate sort of way, to put a bullet through csh's head.

  Larry Wall

  Mean, Doe, Want

  Usenet article, 1992.

• 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.

  Larry Wall

  Mean, Feel Better, Use

• Yes, but I did manage to increase the amount of virginity in the world by that method.

  Larry Wall

  World, Computer, Increase

• A good messenger expects to get shot.

  Larry Wall

  Messengers, Computer, Shots

• Guilty as charged. Perl is happily ugly, and happily derivative.

  Larry Wall

  Ugly, Derivatives, Computer

  Usenet article, 1992.

• Sometimes I wish I could put an expiration date on my quotes.

  Larry Wall

  Wish, Computer, Sometimes

• I just hope I'm never promoted to the level of my incontinence.

  Larry Wall

  Levels, Computer, Incontinence

• Let's say the docs present a simplified view of reality.

  Larry Wall

  Reality, Views, Computer

  Usenet article, 1990.

• You need to go and find someone to teach you the rudiments of irrational discourse.

  Larry Wall

  Needs, Computer, Irrational

• Although the Perl Slogan is There's More Than One Way to Do It, I hesitate to make 10 ways to do something.

  Larry Wall

  Way, Computer, Slogans

  Usenet article, 1990.

• Just because you're into control doesn't mean you're in control.

  Larry Wall

  Mean, Computer

• An initial underscore already conveys strong feelings of magicalness to a C programmer.

  Larry Wall

  Strong, Feelings, Computer

  Usenet article, 1992.

• There is, however, a strange, musty smell in the air that reminds me of something...hmm...yes...I've got it...there's a VMS nearby, or I'm a Blit.

  Larry Wall

  Air, Smell, Strange

  Source code to Perl version 4,

• I think I'm likely to be certified before Perl is.

  Larry Wall

  Thinking, Computer, Perl

• It's easier to make up sayings people like to hear than sayings they like to heed.

  Larry Wall

  People, Computer, Easier

• It's there as a sop to former Ada programmers.

  Larry Wall

  Ada, Computer, Former

  "Regarding 10_000_000". Usenet article, 1991.

• I'm sorry, but you just made me lose my sense of humor, which is deeply regrettable.

  Larry Wall

  Sorry, Sense Of Humor, Computer

• What about writing it first and rationalizing it afterwards?

  Larry Wall

  Writing, Firsts, Computer

  Usenet article, 1990.

• It won't be covered in the book. The source code has to be useful for something, after all.

  Larry Wall

  Book, Computer, Source

  Usenet article, 1990.

• The trouble with being quoted a lot is that it makes other people think you're quoting yourself when in fact you're merely repeating yourself.

  Larry Wall

  Thinking, People, Facts

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