Larry Wall

It seems there is an inconsistency in the information you provided: Larry Wall (born September 27, 1954) is widely known not as a Canadian businessman, but as an American computer programmer, linguist, and author, most famous for creating the Perl programming language.

If you confirm you meant that Larry Wall (the programmer), I can produce a full “author-style” biography for him. Or if you meant a different Larry Wall (a Canadian businessman), could you provide a little more detail (e.g. his field, company, or location) so I can target the correct person?

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Post-Modernism was a reaction against Modernism. It came quite early to music and literature, and a little later to architecture. And I think it's still coming to computer science.

Larry Wall

When I announced the development of Perl 6, I said it was going to be a community design. I designed Perl, myself. It's limited by my own brain power. So I wanted Perl 6 to be a community design.

Larry Wall

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

Larry Wall

Real programmers can write assembly code in any language.

Larry Wall

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.

Larry Wall