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“Anyway, my money is still on use strict vars...”

Larry Wall

[199710011704.KAA21395@wall.org, 1997]
Usenet postings, 1997

Money

“And besides, if Perl really takes off in the Windows space, I think the rest of us would just as soon have a double-agent within ActiveState.”

Larry Wall

[199807172334.QAA18255@wall.org, 1998]
Usenet postings, 1998

Thinking

“If you want to see useful Perl examples, we can certainly arrange to have comp. lang. misc flooded with them, but I don't think that would help the advance of civilization.”

Larry Wall

[1992Mar5.180926.19041@netlabs.com, 1992]
Usenet postings, 1992

Thinking , Help

“Let us be charitable, and call it a misleading feature”

Larry Wall

[2609@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov, 1990]
Usenet postings, 1990

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

Larry Wall

[199709032332.QAA21669@wall.org, 1997]
Usenet postings, 1997

“We don't have enough parallel universes to allow all uses of all junction types--in the absence of quantum computing the combinatorics are not in our favor…”

Larry Wall

[20031213210102.GE18685@wall.org, 2003]
Usenet postings, 2003

Universe

“But I know what's important to me, and what isn't. And I think I know what people can get used to, and what they can even learn to like.”

Larry Wall

It just takes some people longer than others. :-
[199809230518.WAA19312@wall.org, 1998]
Usenet postings, 1998

Thinking , People , Learning