Doing linear scans over an associative array is like trying to club someone to death with a loaded uzi. — Larry Wall
I still drive my 1977 honda accord. The paint is almost all worn off. It’s still running. — Larry Wall
I think operating systems work best if they’re free and open. Particular applications are more likely to be proprietary. — Larry Wall
I’m just paid to do whatever I want to do. Some of the time it’s development, and some of the time it’s just goofing off. — Larry Wall
I’m never satisfied because I’ve been always interested in too many things and I always want to do everything at once. — Larry Wall
If any ideology is so serious that you can’t have fun while you’re doing it, it’s probably too serious. — Larry Wall
Some of modern engineering is necessary to good art. But I think of myself is a cultural artist. — Larry Wall
Somebody out there is going to do something that’s far more surprising than anything that I would do. — Larry Wall
To be a good artist, you have to serve the work of art and allow it to be what it is supposed to be. — Larry Wall
We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can’t agree on when it’s necessary to compromise. — Larry Wall
Younger hackers are hard to classify. They’re probably just as diverse as the old hackers are. We’re all over the map. — Larry Wall