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"Perl programming is an *empirical* science!"
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Larry WallRemember though that — Larry Wall
"Remember though that THERE IS NO GENERAL RULE FOR CONVERTING A LIST INTO A SCALAR."
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Larry Wall
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Larry Arnold Wall is an American computer programmer, linguist, and author known for creating the Perl programming language and the patch tool.
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"There aint nothin in this world thats worth being a snot over."
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"Because . doesnt match \n. [\0-\377] is the most efficient way to match everything currently. Maybe \e should match everything. And \E would of course match nothing."
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"Yknow, there are other possibilities if we assume that filenames are UTF-8...yikes...wait, put down that meat cleaver! Aieeee!!!"
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"Besides, including <std_ice_cubes.h> is a fatal error on machines that dont have it yet. Bad language design, there..."
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"Tcl long ago fell into the Forth trap, and is now trying desperately to extricate itself (with some help from Suns marketing department)."
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