Larry Wall Quotes

Computer programming is pretty much guaranteed income. I'm good at it, and I like it.

It would've been amazing [to work as programmer]. You're good at numbers, you're good with people, you like to wear shorts in the summertime.

I've always been obsessed with electronics and using computers and software. It's always been part of my vernacular.

Owning a computer without programming is like having a kitchen and using only the microwave oven

All of my friends who have younger siblings who are going to college or high school - my number one piece of advice is: You should learn how to program.

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.

I know about the tech industry in that I follow what apps are hot and software development. I know my way around different browsers. I know how to restart a computer.

If you don't have a job right now, and you have a computer and a basic intelligence level, I guarantee you can get a great job, paying really well, in less than three months. How? Learn to program.

We just think it's important that everybody have some technical training and background. Even though not everybody is coding but even our deals team and our designers all have GitHub accounts and they go into the code base.

I think coding is gonna become the blue collar work of the future.

Computer languages of the future will be more concerned with goals and less with procedures specified by the programmer.

The most disastrous thing that you can ever learn is your first programming language.

Technology and computers are very much at the core of our economy going forward. To be prepared for the demands of the 21st century-and to take advantage of its opportunities-it is essential that more of our students today learn basic computer programming skills, no matter what field of work they want to pursue.

When somebody has learned how to program a computer ... You're joining a group of people who can do incredible things. They can make the computer do anything they can imagine.

Everybody in this country should learn how to program a computer, because it teaches you how to think.

When we first started with Apple computers, it was my dream that everyone would learn to program, and that was how they'd use their computer.

My number one piece of advice is: you should learn how to program.

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.

There are only two industries that refer to their customers as 'users'.

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

The process of preparing programs for a digital computer is especially attractive, not only because it can economically and scientifically rewarding, but also because it can be an aesthetic experience much like composing poetry or music.

For those who wish to stay and work in computer science or technology, fields badly in need of their services, let’s roll out the welcome mat.

C++ is a horrible language. It's made more horrible by the fact that a lot of substandard programmers use it, to the point where it's much much easier to generate total and utter crap with it.

Think of prototypes as a funny markup language--the interpretation is left up to the rendering engine.

Take Lisp, you know its the most beautiful language in the world -- at least up until Haskell came along.