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
“Let us be charitable, and call it a misleading feature”
[[email protected], 1990]
Usenet postings, 1990
“I think that's easier to read. Pardon me. Less difficult to read.”
[[email protected], 1997]
Usenet postings, 1997
Public Talks, The State of the Onion 11
“For the sake of argument I'll ignore all your fighting words.”
[[email protected], 1997]
Usenet postings, 1997
“Sometimes we choose the generalization. Sometimes we don't.”
[[email protected], 1997]
Usenet postings, 1997
“You want it in one line? Does it have to fit in 80 columns?”
[[email protected], 1990]
Usenet postings, 1990
Public Talks, "3rd State of the Onion"
“In Clintonese, that would be 'You are free to infer that I was saying that.”
[[email protected], 1998]
Usenet postings, 1998
Message-ID <[email protected]> http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language/21259, to perl6-language mailing-list.
Other
Public Talks, The State of the Onion 11
“Wow, I'm being shot at from both sides. That means I *must* be right.”
[[email protected], 1997]
Usenet postings, 1997
In the perl man page.
Documentation
“There ain't nothin' in this world that's worth being a snot over.”
[[email protected], 1992]
Usenet postings, 1992