7 Larry Wall Quotes on Choice

Larry Wall quotes on choice

16. Dan Smith: I've tried (in vi) 'g/[a-z] [a-z]/s//_/'...but that doesn't cut it. Any ideas? (I take it that it may be a two-pass sort of solution). Larry Wall: In the first pass, install perl. :-)

20. Randal said it would be tough to do in sed. He didn't say he didn't understand sed. Randal understands sed quite well. Which is why he uses Perl. :-)

69. : But for some things, Perl just isn't the optimal choice. (yet) :-)

116. The choice of approaches could be made the responsibility of the programmer.

119. It is my job in life to travel all roads, so that some may take the road less travelled, and others the road more travelled, and all have a pleasant day.

216. So I'm thinking about ??, or !!, or //, or \, or whatever. But I think I like ?? the best so far. Or the least worst.

272. Perl is designed to give you several ways to do anything, so consider picking the most readable one.