5 Larry Wall Quotes on Automation

Larry Wall quotes on automation

31. Hey, I had to let awk be better at *something*... :-)

98. The computer should be doing the hard work. That's what it's paid to do, after all.

139. To ordinary folks, conversion is not always automatic. It's something that may or may not require explicit assistance. See Billy Graham. :-)

240. if (rsfp = mypopen('/bin/mail root','w')) { /* heh, heh */

253. OOPS! You naughty creature! You didn't run Configure with sh! I will attempt to remedy the situation by running sh for you...