Larry Wall: Frasi in inglese
“Though I'll admit readability suffers slightly…”
[[email protected], 1990]
Usenet postings, 1990
“Course, that doesn't work when 'a' contains parentheses.”
[[email protected], 1997]
Usenet postings, 1997
“tt>/* we have tried to make this normal case as abnormal as possible */
cmd.c.
Source code, Other files
“If this were Ada, we'd simply doc it as 'erroneous.”
[[email protected], 1998]
Usenet postings, 1998
“tt>#define SIGILL 6 /* blech */
Source code, <code>perl.c</code>
“All language designers are arrogant. Goes with the territory…”
[[email protected], 1991]
Usenet postings, 1991
“Perl will always provide the null.”
[[email protected], 1998]
Usenet postings, 1998
“It should be illegal to yell 'Y2K' in a crowded economy.”
[[email protected], 1998]
Usenet postings, 1998
“That's a valid argument. I just don't think it's valid enough.”
[[email protected], 1998]
Usenet postings, 1998
“You can prove anything by mentioning another computer language.”
[[email protected], 1997]
Usenet postings, 1997
“tt>break; /* don't do magic till later */
Source code, <code>stab.c</code>
“Just don't compare it with a real language, or you'll be unhappy…”
[[email protected], 1992]
Usenet postings, 1992
“It's documented in The Book, somewhere…”
[[email protected], 1990]
Usenet postings, 1990
“Anybody want a binary telemetry frame editor written in Perl?”
[[email protected], 1997]
Usenet postings, 1997
“I view the JVM as just another architecture that Perl ought to be ported to.”
That, and the Underwood typewriter...
[[email protected], 1998]
Usenet postings, 1998
