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

Quote by Larry Wall

Topics: Larry Wall Quotes

Programmers can be lazy.

Programmers can be lazy.

Younger hackers are hard to classify. They're probably just as diverse as the old hackers...

Younger hackers are hard to classify. They're probably just as diverse as the old hackers...

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

One of the very basic ideas of Post-Modernism is rejection of arbitrary power structures. Different...

One of the very basic ideas of Post-Modernism is rejection of arbitrary power structures. Different...

Hubris itself will not let you be an artist.

Hubris itself will not let you be an artist.

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...

When I announced the development of Perl 6, I said it was going to be...

When I announced the development of Perl 6, I said it was going to be...

Real programmers can write assembly code in any language.

Real programmers can write assembly code in any language.

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

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

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,...

Doing linear scans over an associative array is like trying to club someone to death...

Doing linear scans over an associative array is like trying to club someone to death...

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...

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...

I'm never satisfied because I've been always interested in too many things and I always...

I'm never satisfied because I've been always interested in too many things and I always...

Somebody out there is going to do something that's far more surprising than anything that...

Somebody out there is going to do something that's far more surprising than anything that...