Larry Wall on Family
Browse 4 quotations attributed to Larry Wall, catalogued under family, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Larry Wall, entry #51003: "I was trying not to mention backtracking. Which, of course, means that yours is 'righter' than mine, in a theoretical sense."
Attributed to Larry Wall, entry #102520: "No prisoner's dilemma here. Over the long term, symbiosis is more useful than parasitism. More fun, too. Ask any mitochondria."
4 Quotes by Larry Wall on Family
"I was trying not to mention backtracking. Which, of course, means that yours is 'righter' than mine, in a theoretical sense."
"No prisoner's dilemma here. Over the long term, symbiosis is more useful than parasitism. More fun, too. Ask any mitochondria."
"When in doubt, parenthesize. At the very least it will let some poor schmuck bounce on the % key in vi."
"'Course, that doesn't work when 'a' contains parentheses."