Larry Wall on Humor
Browse 11 quotations attributed to Larry Wall, catalogued under humor, with dates where available.
This page displays 11 quotations attributed to Larry Wall and filed under "humor" in QuoteLineage. The selection is ordered by stored importance and quality scores, not citation counts. A topic label describes how an entry is catalogued; it does not establish the theme's importance in the author's work.
Attributed to Larry Wall, entry #40551: "I wasn't recommending that we make the links for them, only provide them with the tools to do so if they want to take the gamble ."
Attributed to Larry Wall, entry #77643: "I suppose you could switch grammars once you've seen 'use strict subs'."
11 Quotes by Larry Wall on Humor
"I wasn't recommending that we make the links for them, only provide them with the tools to do so if they want to take the gamble ."
"I suppose you could switch grammars once you've seen 'use strict subs'."
"And we can always supply them with a program that makes identical files into links to a single file."
"OOPS! You naughty creature! You didn't run Configure with sh! I will attempt to remedy the situation by running sh for you..."
"Well, you can implement a Perl peek with unpack. Once you have that, there's only security through obscurity."
"Down that path lies madness. On the other hand, the road to hell is paved with melting snowballs."
"Perhaps you should compile your Perl with long doubles one of these megaseconds."
"Lisp has all the visual appeal of oatmeal with fingernail clippings mixed in."
"All language designers are arrogant. Goes with the territory..."
"It's easy to solve the halting problem with a shotgun."
"How do you type it? With your keyboard."