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I talked about becoming stupid, but I've always been stupid. Fortunately I've been just smart enough to realize that I'm stupid. ↗

— 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

#been #embraced #gratifying #hope #i

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

#american #american history #away #get #give

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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Popularity is very inconsistent. Sometimes it's there, sometimes it's not. It usually just comes in waves. ↗

— Mia Wasikowska

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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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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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One of the very basic ideas of Post-Modernism is rejection of arbitrary power structures. Different people are sensitive to different kinds of power structures. ↗

— Larry Wall

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