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“I think operating systems work best if they're free and open. Particular applications are more likely to be proprietary.”

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Larry Wall

Larry Wall, born on September 27, 1954, is a renowned programmer. He is best known for inventing the Perl programming language, which has gained widespread popularity for its powerful text processing capabilities. Wall's contributions to the field of programming extend beyond Perl, as he has also been involved in numerous open-source projects, significantly impacting the programming community. more

“Every time we walk along a beach some ancient urge disturbs us so that we find ourselves shedding shoes and garments or scavenging among seaweed and whitened timbers like the homesick refugees of a long war... Mostly the animals understand their roles, but man, by comparison, seems troubled by a message that, it is often said, he cannot quite remember or has gotten wrong... Bereft of instinct, he must search continually for meanings... Man was a reader before he became a writer, a reader of what Coleridge once called the mighty alphabet of the universe.”

Men Long Said War Seems Remember Universe Walks Animal Roles Reader Messages Instinct Shoes Ancient Beach Comparison Urges Refugee Garments Alphabet Homesick Timber Seaweed Bereft

Author:Loren Eiseley

“Out of the choked Devonian waters emerged sight and sound and the music that rolls invisible through the composer's brain. They are there still in the ooze along the tideline, though no one notices. The world is fixed, we say: fish in the sea, birds in the air. But in the mangrove swamps by the Niger, fish climb trees and ogle uneasy naturalists who try unsuccessfully to chase them back to the water. There are things still coming ashore.”

Source: The Immense Journey: An Imaginative Naturalist Explores the Mysteries of Man and Nature

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