“If this were Ada, I suppose we'd just constant fold 1/0 into die 'Illegal division by zero”
[199711100226.SAA12549@wall.org, 1997]
Usenet postings, 1997
Ларри Уолл — американский программист. Знаменит как создатель языка программирования Perl. Лингвист по образованию.
Уолл — автор клиента Usenet и широкоиспользуемой программы patch. Он дважды побеждал в международном конкурсе запутанного кода на языке программирования Си и был лауреатом первой награды Free Software Foundation за продвижение свободного программного обеспечения в 1998 году.
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“If this were Ada, I suppose we'd just constant fold 1/0 into die 'Illegal division by zero”
[199711100226.SAA12549@wall.org, 1997]
Usenet postings, 1997
[199709081801.LAA20629@wall.org, 1997]
Usenet postings, 1997
“Perhaps you should compile your Perl with long doubles one of these megaseconds.”
[199806241734.KAA09652@wall.org, 1998]
Usenet postings, 1998
“tt>stab_val(stab)-> str_nok = 1; /* what a wonderful hack! */</tt”
Source code, <code>stab.c</code>
“I know it's weird, but it does make it easier to write poetry in perl.”
[7865@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV, 1990]
Usenet postings, 1990
“The Golden Gate wasn't our fault either, but we still put a bridge across it.”
[199811242253.OAA28167@wall.org, 1998]
Usenet postings, 1998
“I'd put my money where my mouth is, but my mouth keeps moving.”
[199704051723.JAA28035@wall.org, 1997]
Usenet postings, 1997
[199710161841.LAA13208@wall.org, 1997]
Usenet postings, 1997
“Hey, I had to let awk be better at *something*…”
[1991Nov7.200504.25280@netlabs.com, 1991]
Usenet postings, 1991
“The choice of approaches could be made the responsibility of the programmer.”
[199709081901.MAA20863@wall.org, 1997]
Usenet postings, 1997
“What about WRITING it first and rationalizing it afterwards?”
[8162@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV, 1990]
Usenet postings, 1990
“So far we've managed to avoid turning Perl into APL.”
[199702251904.LAA28261@wall.org, 1997]
Usenet postings, 1997
“Personally, I like to defiantly split my infinitives.”
[199708271551.IAA10211@wall.org, 1997]
Usenet postings, 1997
“Accidental stacks considered harmful.”
[20031213202246.GD18685@wall.org, 2003]
Usenet postings, 2003
It just takes some people longer than others. :-
[199809230518.WAA19312@wall.org, 1998]
Usenet postings, 1998
“I don't believe I've ever cuddled my elses.”
[199806221550.IAA07171@wall.org, 1998]
Usenet postings, 1998
“To Perl, or not to Perl, that is the kvetching.”
[199801200310.TAA11670@wall.org, 1998]
Usenet postings, 1998
“At many levels, Perl is a 'diagonal' language.”
[199709021854.LAA12794@wall.org, 1997]
Usenet postings, 1997
[7282@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV, 1990]
Usenet postings, 1990