Larry Wall
Larry Arnold Wall is an American computer programmer, linguist, and author known for creating the Perl programming language and the patch tool.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Los Angeles
- Educated at
- University of California, BerkeleySeattle Pacific University
- Awards
- 🏆 FSF Award for the Advancement of Free Software🏆 STUG Award
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Timeline
1954
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