quotes by Larry Wall

"True greatness is measured by how much freedom you give to others, not by how much you can coerce others to do what you want."
— Larry Wall

"and don't tell me there isn't one bit of difference between null and space, because that's exactly how much difference there is"
— Larry Wall

"When they first built the University of California at Irvine they just put the buildings in. They did not put any sidewalks, they just planted grass. The next year, they came back and put the sidewalks where the trails were in the grass. Perl is just that kind of language. It is not designed from first principles. Perl is those sidewalks in the grass."
— Larry Wall

"Perl doesn't have an infatuation with enforced privacy. It would prefer that you stayed out of its living room because you weren't invited, not because it has a shotgun"
— Larry Wall