Larry Wall
Larry Wall is the developer of the Perl programming language. Wall is also known as the original author of the rn Usenet software, and the nearly universally used patch. He has won the IOCCC twice.
Beyond his technical skills, Wall is known for his wit and often ironic sense of humor which he displays in the comments to his source code or on Usenet (e.g. "We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise")
See also: Famous programmer
External Links
- Wall maintains a personal home page on the Internet at http://kiev.wall.org/~larry/
- Authoritative list of Larry Wall quotes (http://www.cpan.org/misc/lwall-quotes.txt.gz) (external link; requires UNIX or WinZip to view)
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have too many lawyers anyway. It's one of our national
debate already.
BOLLAND [careless pose]. As you know, I run a soap.html">soap factory where I
four hundred and sixty-two workmen. Their livelihood and welfare
and the management of the whole factory means?
HAUSER. But friend Beermann never even worked in a soap factory.
joking.
HAUSER. Really, I can't see the connection.
BEERMANN. At any rate, I'm a better candidate than the book-binder
point of view.
FRAU LUND. Then there's something else I heard about Herr
Society for the Suppression of Vice. What makes you do such
their President, is that mere flattery?
FRAU LUND. It is not becoming to you, and you are insincere in it.
FRAU BEERMANN. It's as false as anything can be, and you speak
preacher. But if a person wants to be one ... then, according to
with champagne and lobster.
BEERMANN. Do the Scriptures command that we must be poor to be
camel and a needle.
BOLLAND. The ladies evidently are not acquainted with the purposes
the principles which are incorporated in our By-laws.
FRAU LUND. I certainly would not.
BOLLAND [feeling in his side pocket]. At least read our "Appeal to
are! So, cards and bowling no longer offer sufficient
the circus who gets his meals on the sly everyday.
DR. WASNER. Of course, every conviction can be made ridiculous
proof.
HAUSER. Herr Professor, politeness requires that each.
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