Frases de Larry Wall

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“Los verdaderos programadores pueden escribir código ensamblador en cualquier lenguaje.”

“Las nuevas versiones suceden.”

“You tell it that it's indicative by appending $!. That's why we made $! such a short variable name, after all.”

“Perhaps you should compile your Perl with long doubles one of these megaseconds.”

“tt>stab_val(stab)-> str_nok = 1; /* what a wonderful hack! */</tt”

“I know it's weird, but it does make it easier to write poetry in perl.”

“The Golden Gate wasn't our fault either, but we still put a bridge across it.”

“There is, however, a strange, musty smell in the air that reminds me of something…hmm…yes…I've got it…there's a VMS nearby, or I'm a Blit.”

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

“The Harvard Law states: Under controlled conditions of light, temperature, humidity, and nutrition, the organism will do as it damn well pleases.”

“Hey, I had to let awk be better at *something*…”

“The choice of approaches could be made the responsibility of the programmer.”

“What about WRITING it first and rationalizing it afterwards?”

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

“tt>pos += screamnext[ pos] /* does this goof up anywhere? */</tt”

“Personally, I like to defiantly split my infinitives.”

“Help save the world!”

“Be consistent.”

“Accidental stacks considered harmful.”

“But I know what's important to me, and what isn't. And I think I know what people can get used to, and what they can even learn to like.”

“I don't believe I've ever cuddled my elses.”

“To Perl, or not to Perl, that is the kvetching.”

“At many levels, Perl is a 'diagonal' language.”

“It's all magic.”

“I dunno, I dream in Perl sometimes…”