Quote #65
The whole history of computers is rampant with cheerleading at best and bigotry at worst.
More from Larry Wall
- I want to see people using Perl to glue things together creatively, not just technically but also socially.
- If someone stinks, view it as a reason to help them, not a reason to avoid them.
- I don't like your I-can-use-anything-as-an-adjective attitude.
- As usual, I'm overstating the case to knock a few neurons loose, but the truth is usually somewhere in the muddle, uh, middle.
- Lisp has all the visual appeal of oatmeal with fingernail clippings mixed in.
- Odd that we think definitions are definitive. :-)
- Anyway, there's plenty of room for doubt. It might seem easy enough, but computer language design is just like a stroll in the park. Jurass…
- : But for some things, Perl just isn't the optimal choice. (yet) :-)