335 Quotes by Larry Wall

Not that I'm against sneaking some notions into people's heads upon occasion. (Or blasting them in outright.

I've decided I don't want to be a manager. Every time you try to be responsive to your employees, they say you're being reactive and not proactive. And when you try to be proactive, they accuse you of being capricious and arbitrary. So I don't wanna be a manager...

Perhaps I'm missing the gene for making enemies.

If any ideology is so serious that you can't have fun while you're doing it, it's probably too serious.

The whole intent of Perl 5's module system was to encourage the growth of Perl culture rather than the Perl core.

I note that the Python folks still think they like JPython. I wonder how long that will last?

There is no schedule. We are all volunteers, so we get it done when we get it done. Perl 5 still works fine, and we plan to take the right amount of time on Perl 6.

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

True greatness is measured by how much freedom you give to others, not by how much you can coerce others to do what you want.