What did Larry Wall mean by: Perl should remain fast and intuitive (to the extent that it is :-) Larry Wall Computer programmer Copy
+ It’s easier to make up sayings people like to hear than sayings they like to heed. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Larry Wall, Deception, Truth, Wisdom, 0 Larry Wall Computer programmer
I still drive my 1977 Honda Accord. The paint is almost all worn off. It’s still running. Author, January 14, 2024January 9, 2025, Larry Wall, Durability, Nostalgia, Reliability, 0 Larry Wall Computer programmer
+ Reserve your abuse for your true friends. Author, June 17, 2023January 2, 2025, Larry Wall, Boundaries, Friendship, Loyalty, 0 Larry Wall Computer programmer
+ All language designers are arrogant. Goes with the territory. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Larry Wall, Arrogance, Language, 0 Larry Wall Computer programmer
+ The computer should be doing the hard work. That’s what it’s paid to do, after all. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Larry Wall, Automation, Efficiency, Technology, 0 Larry Wall Computer programmer
+ We are so Post-Modern that we don’t realize how Post-Modern we are anymore. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Larry Wall, Culture, Society., 0 Larry Wall Computer programmer
+ There’s a saying in the software design industry: “Good. Fast. Cheap. Pick two.” Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Larry Wall, Cost, Quality, Time, 0 Larry Wall Computer programmer
+ Many days I don’t write any code at all, and some days I spend all day writing code. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Larry Wall, Balance, Productivity, Routine, 0 Larry Wall Computer programmer
Art must make you laugh a little and make you a little afraid. Anything as long as it doesn’t bore. Jean Dubuffet Artist · France
Fight any instinct to be humorless, for humorlessness is the worst of all absurdities. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
I never have wit until I am below stairs. [Fr., Je n’ai jamais d’esprit qu’au bas de l’escalier.] Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
We should laugh before being happy, for fear of dying without having laughed. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France