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Larry Wall Quotes about Writing

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Real programmers can write assembly code in any language.

Real programmers can write assembly code in any language.

Larry Wall
Real, Writing, Technology
Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen, Jon Orwant (2004). “Programming Perl: 3rd Edition”, p.543, "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

Many days I don't write any code at all, and some days I spend all day writing code.

Larry Wall
Writing, Code, Writing Code

I wouldn't ever write the full sentence myself, but then, I never use goto either.

Larry Wall
Writing, Use, Sentences

If you write something wrong enough, I'll be glad to make up a new witticism just for you.

Larry Wall
Writing, Enough, Glad
Usenet article, 1997.

For me, writing is a love-hate relationship.

Larry Wall
Hate, Writing, Love Hate
ChangeLog.net Interview, lwn.net. January 17, 2001.

What about writing it first and rationalizing it afterwards?

Larry Wall
Writing, Firsts, Computer
Usenet article, 1990.

Computer programming is really a lot like writing a recipe. If you've read a recipe, you know what the structure of a recipe is, it's got some things up at the top that are your ingredients, and below that, the directions for how to deal with those ingredients.

Larry Wall
Writing, Recipes, Ingredients
Source: bigthink.com

You don't have to know the whole language to use it usefully, you can do baby talk, you can do grown up talk, you can cuss in it, you can write poetry, you can be a playwright, is sort of the idea.

Larry Wall
Baby, Writing, Ideas
"Big Think Interview". bigthink.com.

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