Larry Wall Quotes

Low-level programming is good for the programmer's soul.

And, I think that is actually appropriate because I'm really not the world's best programmer, I think it's a good thing that I'm not touching the code.

Any good software engineer will tell you that a compiler and an interpreter are interchangeable.

It is a shame that homebrew development can't be officially sanctioned and supported, because it would be a wonderful platform for a modern generation of programmers to be able to get a real feel for low level design work, to be contrasted with the high level web and application work that so many entry level people start with.

C is a razor-sharp tool, with which one can create an elegant and efficient program or a bloody mess.

C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do it blows your whole leg off.

Developing a compiler was a logical move; but in matters like this, you don't run against logic - you run against people who can't change their minds.

Computer language design is just like a stroll in the park. Jurassic Park, that is.

C++ is my favorite garbage collected language because it generates so little garbage

And no, I'm not a walking C++ dictionary. I do not keep every technical detail in my head at all times. If I did that, I would be a much poorer programmer. I do keep the main points straight in my head most of the time, and I do know where to find the details when I need them.

Building technical systems involves a lot of hard work and specialized knowledge: languages and protocols, coding and debugging, testing and refactoring.

I majored in Computer Science at U.C. Berkeley and worked as a software developer for a couple of years. Then I taught high school computer science for over a decade and a half in Oakland, California.

The computing field is always in need of new cliches.

My duty as a teacher is to train, educate future programmers.

Whether you're looking at manufacturing and the use of robotics or the knowledge industries, they need computer programmers.

Coding - everyone thinks it's a superpower. And so when you feel like, 'I've learned how to code,' and you say to your mom or the girl sitting next to you, 'I know how that app is built, I know the logic behind how that was created' - that's powerful.

I've always had a passion for the tech industry, and I like to help build interesting products.

In C there are no data structures: there are pointers and pointer arithmetic. So you have a pointer into a data structure.

I got my first computer at the age of 6. To me, it was magic. By the time I was 12, I wanted to know the secrets behind the wizardry, and that started my journey toward computer programming. This was the early 1990s, when computers weren't built for the mass market.

I don't like programming. It's tedious.

C is quirky, flawed, and an enormous success.

I think everyone should learn how to code.

In programming, as in everything else, to be in error is to be reborn.

C++ is designed to allow you to express ideas, but if you don't have ideas or don't have any clue about how to express them, C++ doesn't offer much help.

Of course, C proved indispensible to the developers of all its alternatives. Dig down through enough implementation layers under any of the other languages surveyed here and you will find a core implemented in pure, portable C