Doing linear scans over an associative array is like trying to club someone to death with a loaded Uzi.

Quote by Larry Wall

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I take time to watch anime. I don't know whether I'm allowed to, but I...

I take time to watch anime. I don't know whether I'm allowed to, but I...

To be a good artist, you have to serve the work of art and allow...

To be a good artist, you have to serve the work of art and allow...

The problems that I really like to solve are our cultural problems.

The problems that I really like to solve are our cultural problems.

I want people to use Perl. I want to be a positive ingredient of the...

I want people to use Perl. I want to be a positive ingredient of the...

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

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

Some of modern engineering is necessary to good art. But I think of myself is...

Some of modern engineering is necessary to good art. But I think of myself is...

We are so Post-Modern that we don't realize how Post-Modern we are anymore.

We are so Post-Modern that we don't realize how Post-Modern we are anymore.

I am not a sort of person who wants to run a company.

I am not a sort of person who wants to run a company.

There is no schedule. We are all volunteers, so we get it done when we...

There is no schedule. We are all volunteers, so we get it done when we...

For me, writing is a love-hate relationship.

For me, writing is a love-hate relationship.

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

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

The Harvard Law states: Under controlled conditions of light, temperature, humidity, and nutrition, the organism...

The Harvard Law states: Under controlled conditions of light, temperature, humidity, and nutrition, the organism...

I talked about becoming stupid, but I've always been stupid. Fortunately I've been just smart...

I talked about becoming stupid, but I've always been stupid. Fortunately I've been just smart...

The three chief virtues of a programmer are: Laziness, Impatience and Hubris.

The three chief virtues of a programmer are: Laziness, Impatience and Hubris.

Post-Modernism was a reaction against Modernism. It came quite early to music and literature, and...

Post-Modernism was a reaction against Modernism. It came quite early to music and literature, and...

If you're a large corporation, you can afford to pay the money to register patents,...

If you're a large corporation, you can afford to pay the money to register patents,...

I think the way IBM has embraced the open source philosophy has been quite astonishing,...

I think the way IBM has embraced the open source philosophy has been quite astonishing,...

The world has become a larger place. The universe has been expanding, and Perl's been...

The world has become a larger place. The universe has been expanding, and Perl's been...

Programmers can be lazy.

Programmers can be lazy.

Hubris itself will not let you be an artist.

Hubris itself will not let you be an artist.