Larry Wall - Computer Quotes

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The computer should be doing the hard work. That's what it's paid to do, after all.

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But the possibility of abuse may be a good reason for leaving capabilities out of other computer languages, it's not a good reason for leaving capabilities out of Perl.

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You can prove anything by mentioning another computer language.

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Besides, REAL computers have a rename() system call.

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Anyway, there's plenty of room for doubt. It might seem easy enough, but computer language design is just like a stroll in the park.

Jurassic Park, that is.

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The whole history of computers is rampant with cheerleading at best and bigotry at worst.

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People understand instinctively that the best way for computer programs to communicate with each other is for each of the them to be strict in what they emit, and liberal in what they accept. The odd thing is that people themselves are not willing to be strict in how they speak, and liberal in how they listen. You'd think that would also be obvious. Instead, we're taught to express ourselves.

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There are a lotta computer languages out there doing drugs.

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

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