Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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The only reason [not to use] perl is that some sysadmins don't allow software that they didn't pay for. By all means, let them send me money if it makes them feel better.

Larry Wall's Popular Quotes

Accidental stacks considered harmful.

- Larry Wall

Computer languages differ not so much in what they make possible, but in what they make easy.

- Larry Wall

The autodecrement is not magical.

- Larry Wall

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.

- Larry Wall

Laziness is a programmers main virtue.

- Larry Wall

The problem with using C++ ... is that there's already a strong tendency in the language to require you to know everything before you can do anything.

- Larry Wall

A good messenger expects to get shot.

- Larry Wall

People get annoyed when you try to debug them.

- Larry Wall

Easy things should be easy, and hard things should be possible.

- Larry Wall