Larry Wall: Citations en anglais
“It's easy to solve the halting problem with a shotgun.”
[[email protected], 1998]
Usenet postings, 1998
“When's the last time you used duct tape on a duct?”
"Perl, the First Postmodern Computer Language", perl.com, 1999-03-09 http://www.perl.com/pub/a/1999/03/pm.html#jump5 <br class="br">Other
“It's not really a rule--it's more like a trend.”
[[email protected], 1997]
Usenet postings, 1997
"The State of the Onion", perl.com, 2004-08-18 http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2004/08/18/onion.html?page=4 <br class="br">In reference to the boxed screensaver that comes with <code>xscreensaver</code>. <br class="br">Other
“Perl programming is an *empirical* science!”
[[email protected], 1990]
Usenet postings, 1990
“tt>/* now make a new head in the exact same spot */
Source code, <code>cons.c</code>
Public Talks, The State of the Onion 11
“You have to admit that it's difficult to misplace the Perl sources.”
[[email protected], 1992]
Usenet postings, 1992
“That means I'll have to use $ans to suppress newlines now.Life is ridiculous.”
Source code, <code>Configure</code>
“Perl should remain fast and intuitive”
to the extent that it is :-
[[email protected], 1998]
Usenet postings, 1998
“Remember though thatTHERE IS NO GENERAL RULE FOR CONVERTING A LIST INTO A SCALAR.”
In the perl man page.
Documentation
“So… Perhaps the Perl 6 slogan should be "All Your Paradigms Are Belong To Us."”
We'll get to that.
Public Talks, "Present Continuous - Future Perfect"
“Just don't make the '9' format pack/unpack numbers…”
[[email protected], 1997]
Usenet postings, 1997
“Just put in another goto, and then it'll be readable.”
[[email protected], 1998]
Usenet postings, 1998