Quote #193

: I could understand principles of Perl source in 2-3 days [. . .] Gee, it took me about eleven years. :-)

More from Larry Wall

  1. print rand rand rand 1, ' '; # interesting distribution
  2. There's often more than one correct thing. There's often more than one right thing. There's often more than one obvious thing.
  3. Y'know, there are other possibilities if we assume that filenames are UTF-8...yikes...wait, put down that meat cleaver! Aieeee!!!
  4. I don't believe I've ever cuddled my elses.
  5. I'm reminded of the day my daughter came in, looked over my shoulder at some Perl 4 code, and said, 'What is that, swearing?
  6. I've always maintained a cordial dislike for indent, because it's usually right.
  7. Just put in another goto, and then it'll be readable. :-)
  8. I'd make people say 'use Fork;' if I thought I could get away with it.

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