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Quote by Larry Wall

“An initial underscore already conveys strong feelings of magicalness to a C programmer.”

Quote by Larry Wall

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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

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“Our youth deserve the opportunity to complete their high school and college education, free of early parenthood. Their future children deserve the opportunity to grow up in financially and emotionally stable homes. Our communities benefit from healthy, productive, well-prepared young people.”

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“Guilty as charged. Perl is happily ugly, and happily derivative.”

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“You need to go and find someone to teach you the rudiments of irrational discourse.”

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