Larry Wall

I think computer science, by and large, is still stuck in the Modern age. ↗

— Larry Wall

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I think operating systems work best if they're free and open. Particular applications are more likely to be proprietary. ↗

— Larry Wall

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I think software patents are a bad idea. Many patents are given for trivial inventions. ↗

— Larry Wall

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I think the way IBM has embraced the open source philosophy has been quite astonishing, but gratifying. I hope they'll do very well with it. ↗

— Larry Wall

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I want people to use Perl. I want to be a positive ingredient of the world and make my American history. So, whatever it takes to give away my software and get it used, that's great. ↗

— Larry Wall

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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

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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

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If any ideology is so serious that you can't have fun while you're doing it, it's probably too serious. ↗

— Larry Wall

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If you're a large corporation, you can afford to pay the money to register patents, but if you're an individual like me, you can't. ↗

— Larry Wall

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Many days I don't write any code at all, and some days I spend all day writing code. ↗

— Larry Wall

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