8 Larry Wall Quotes on Style

Larry Wall quotes on style

27. You want it in one line? Does it have to fit in 80 columns? :-)

96. Personally, I like to defiantly split my infinitives. :-)

106. I wouldn't ever write the full sentence myself, but then, I never use goto either.

107. It's appositival, if it's there. And it doesn't have to be there. And it's really obvious that it's there when it's there.

142. As pointed out in a followup, Real Perl Programmers prefer things to be visually distinct.

196. I've always maintained a cordial dislike for indent, because it's usually right.

265. Be consistent.

289. The problem with being consistent is that there are lots of ways to be consistent, and they're all inconsistent with each other.