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Larry Wall
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Larry Wall

“Doing linear scans over an associative array is like trying to club someone to death with a loaded Uzi.”

- Larry Wall

Source/Notes: Usenet article <1992Sep21.214659.22849@netlabs.com> (1992) - Usenet postings
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Larry Wall

“For me, writing is a love-hate relationship.”

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“Hubris itself will not let you be an artist.”

- Larry Wall

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“I am not a sort of person who wants to run a company.”

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“I still drive my 1977 Honda Accord. The paint is almost all worn off. It's still running.”

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“I take time to watch anime. I don't know whether I'm allowed to, but I do it anyway.”

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“I talked about becoming stupid, but I've always been stupid. Fortunately I've been just smart enough to realize that I'm stupid.”

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“I think computer science, by and large, is still stuck in the Modern age.”

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“I think operating systems work best if they're free and open. Particular applications are more likely to be proprietary.”

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“I think software patents are a bad idea. Many patents are given for trivial inventions.”

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“I think the way IBM has embraced the open source philosophy has been quite astonishing, but gratifying. I hope they'll do very well with it.”

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“I want people to use Perl. I want to be a positive ingredient of the world and make my American history. So, whatever it takes to give away my software and get it used, that's great.”

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“I'm just paid to do whatever I want to do. Some of the time it's development, and some of the time it's just goofing off.”

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“I'm never satisfied because I've been always interested in too many things and I always want to do everything at once.”

- Larry Wall

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