Larry Wall Quotes

Of course, I reserve the right to make wholly stupid changes to Perl if I think they improve the language.

I'd put my money where my mouth is, but my mouth keeps moving.

They can always run stderr through uniq.

Not that I have anything much against redundancy. But I said that already.

So far we've managed to avoid turning Perl into APL.

If you write something wrong enough, I'll be glad to make up a new witticism just for you.

I don't like this official/unofficial distinction. It sound, er, officious.

: But for some things, Perl just isn't the optimal choice. (yet)

Odd that we think definitions are definitive.

As usual, I'm overstating the case to knock a few neurons loose, but the truth is usually somewhere in the muddle, uh, middle.

If someone stinks, view it as a reason to help them, not a reason to avoid them.

The whole history of computers is rampant with cheerleading at best and bigotry at worst.

I want to see people using Perl to glue things together creatively, not just technically but also socially.

I don't like your I-can-use-anything-as-an-adjective attitude.

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