The problem with being consistent is that there are lots of… - Larry Wall

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The problem with being consistent is that there are lots of ways to be consistent, and they're all inconsistent with each other.

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Larry Arnold Wall (born September 27, 1954) is a programmer, best known as the creator of the Perl programming language.

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The problem with being consistent is that there are lots of ways to be consistent, and they're all inconsistent with each other. - Larry Wall

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