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.

Quote by Larry Wall

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Programmers can be lazy.

Programmers can be lazy.

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.

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...

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,...

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...

Hubris itself will not let you be an artist.

Hubris itself will not let you be an artist.

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...

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

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

We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's...

We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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,...

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.

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...

Perl was designed to work more like a natural language. It's a little more complicated...

Perl was designed to work more like a natural language. It's a little more complicated...

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.