335 Quotes by Larry Wall

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

We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise.

(To someone at New York University) If you consistently take an antagonistic approach, however, people are going to start thinking you're from New York.

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

Besides, REAL computers have a rename() system call.

I think computer science, by and large, is still stuck in the Modern age.

I'm not too concerned about the future of Perl after me, because I see how these people are interacting with each other and even when I'm not there, they are helping each other and solving each other's problems in a way that I could not do, even if I were there.

[Boxed] Multiple bouncing balls in a box are a metaphor for community. Notice how the escaping balls explode. This is what happens to people who move from Perl to Ruby .

I think software patents are a bad idea. Many patents are given for trivial inventions.