“If someone stinks, view it as a reason to help them, not a reason to avoid them.”
[199702111730.JAA28598@wall.org, 1997]
Usenet postings, 1997
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“I'd make people say 'use Fork;' if I thought I could get away with it.”
[199806232054.NAA01735@wall.org, 1998]
Usenet postings, 1998
[199806201726.KAA26569@wall.org, 1998]
Usenet postings, 1998
“The whole history of computers is rampant with cheerleading at best and bigotry at worst.”
[199702111730.JAA28598@wall.org, 1997]
Usenet postings, 1997
“Though I'll admit readability suffers slightly…”
[2969@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov, 1990]
Usenet postings, 1990
“Course, that doesn't work when 'a' contains parentheses.”
[199710211647.JAA17957@wall.org, 1997]
Usenet postings, 1997
“tt>/* we have tried to make this normal case as abnormal as possible */
cmd.c.
Source code, Other files
[1992Aug13.192357.15731@netlabs.com, 1992]
Usenet postings, 1992
[1991Apr29.072206.5621@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov, 1991]
Usenet postings, 1991
“If this were Ada, we'd simply doc it as 'erroneous.”
[199809111734.KAA28296@wall.org, 1998]
Usenet postings, 1998
“tt>#define SIGILL 6 /* blech */
Source code, <code>perl.c</code>
“All language designers are arrogant. Goes with the territory…”
[1991Jul13.010945.19157@netlabs.com, 1991]
Usenet postings, 1991
“No, I'm not going to explain it. If you can't figure it out, you didn't want to know anyway…”
[1991Aug7.180856.2854@netlabs.com, 1991]
Usenet postings, 1991
[1992Aug6.221512.5963@netlabs.com, 1992]
Usenet postings, 1992
“Perl will always provide the null.”
[199801151818.KAA14538@wall.org, 1998]
Usenet postings, 1998
“One thing I do understand is that people get scared when I start thinking out loud.”
[20031212010945.GB29594@wall.org, 2003]
Usenet postings, 2003
“I won't mention any names, because I don't want to get sun4's into trouble…”
[11333@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV, 1991]
Usenet postings, 1991
“It won't be covered in the book. The source code has to be useful for something, after all…”
[10160@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV, 1990]
Usenet postings, 1990
“It should be illegal to yell 'Y2K' in a crowded economy.”
[199811242326.PAA28495@wall.org, 1998]
Usenet postings, 1998
“That's a valid argument. I just don't think it's valid enough.”
[199804150050.RAA08093@wall.org, 1998]
Usenet postings, 1998
“You can prove anything by mentioning another computer language.”
[199706242038.NAA29853@wall.org, 1997]
Usenet postings, 1997
“tt>break; /* don't do magic till later */
Source code, <code>stab.c</code>
“Just don't compare it with a real language, or you'll be unhappy…”
[1992May12.190238.5667@netlabs.com, 1992]
Usenet postings, 1992
“It's documented in The Book, somewhere…”
[10502@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV, 1990]
Usenet postings, 1990
“Anybody want a binary telemetry frame editor written in Perl?”
[199708012226.PAA22015@wall.org, 1997]
Usenet postings, 1997
[9682@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV, 1990]
Usenet postings, 1990
[9847@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV, 1990]
Usenet postings, 1990
“I view the JVM as just another architecture that Perl ought to be ported to.”
That, and the Underwood typewriter...
[199808050415.VAA24026@wall.org, 1998]
Usenet postings, 1998
“I've always maintained a cordial dislike for indent, because it's usuallyright.”
[199806221558.IAA07251@wall.org, 1998]
Usenet postings, 1998
