that too much control is just as deadly as too little control. We need control and we need chaos. We need order, and disorder. Simplicity, and complexity. Carefulness, and recklessness. Poise, and panic. Science, and art.
Perl Conference http://www.wall.org/~larry/keynote/keynote.html, em 20 de agosto de 1997.
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Larry Wall Frases famosas
Perl was never designed to be perfect. It was designed to evolve, to become more adaptive, as they say.
Larry Wall em entrevista a Marjorie Richardson, em 01.05.1999, publicada em Linux Journal http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3394
many computer scientists have fallen into the trap of trying to define languages like George Orwell's Newspeak, in which it is impossible to think bad thoughts.
Perl Conference http://www.wall.org/~larry/keynote/keynote.html, em 20 de agosto de 1997.
Larry Wall: Frases em inglês
“tt>stab_val(stab)-> str_nok = 1; /* what a wonderful hack! */</tt”
Source code, <code>stab.c</code>
“I know it's weird, but it does make it easier to write poetry in perl.”
[[email protected], 1990]
Usenet postings, 1990
“I'd put my money where my mouth is, but my mouth keeps moving.”
[[email protected], 1997]
Usenet postings, 1997
“What about WRITING it first and rationalizing it afterwards?”
[[email protected], 1990]
Usenet postings, 1990
“So far we've managed to avoid turning Perl into APL.”
[[email protected], 1997]
Usenet postings, 1997
“Personally, I like to defiantly split my infinitives.”
[[email protected], 1997]
Usenet postings, 1997
It just takes some people longer than others. :-
[[email protected], 1998]
Usenet postings, 1998
[[email protected], 1990]
Usenet postings, 1990