#larrywall — Public Fediverse posts
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Open source should be about giving away things voluntarily. When you force someone to give you something, it's no longer giving, it's stealing. Persons of leisurely moral growth often confuse giving with taking.
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We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise.
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The three principal virtues of a programmer are Laziness, Impatience, and Hubris.
-- Larry Wall (Perl "Camel" Book)⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #LarryWall #Laziness #Impatience #Hubris #Perl #Programming
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This from Larry Wall (of Perl fame) seems relevant...
The Three Virtues [Paraphrased]
1) #Laziness - The quality that makes you go to great effort to reduce overall energy expenditure.
2) #Impatience - Because you are impatient, you will build systems and shortcuts for your daily work.
3) #Hubris - You have the confidence that you can do better than the status quo.
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Easy things should be easy, and hard things should be possible.
-- Larry Wall -
The three principal virtues of a programmer are Laziness, Impatience, and Hubris.
-- Larry Wall (Perl "Camel" Book)⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #LarryWall #Laziness #Impatience #Hubris #Perl #Programming
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Petroglyphs #NewMexico
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The Virtue of Laziness -- a strange phrase, but gets to the good and the bad of wrestling with God's Word. How about joining me in a moment for tonight's livestream and I'll explain... https://youtube.com/live/uvYGZiX_MDI
#Laziness #Perl #LarryWall #Christianity #Grace #Gospel #Legalism
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Easy things should be easy, and hard things should be possible.
-- Larry Wall -
Open source should be about giving away things voluntarily. When you force someone to give you something, it's no longer giving, it's stealing. Persons of leisurely moral growth often confuse giving with taking.
-- Larry Wall -
Easy things should be easy, and hard things should be possible.
-- Larry Wall⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #LarryWall #Computers #Programming
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Guangxi #China #LiRiver #LiJiang #TowerKarst #Geology
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@demiguise @nixCraft It had always been discouraged since #Perl 5.000’s release in 1994: https://github.com/Perl/perl5/blob/a0d0e21ea6ea90a22318550944fe6cb09ae10cda/pod/perlvar.pod#user-content-pod27
As to “why”—you’d have to ask either #LarryWall or #AndyDougherty.
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Larry Wall: Pioneer in Computer Science
Seattle Pacific Univ. graduate in Natural and Artificial Languages. Renowned for creating Perl in 1987, a versatile language transforming text processing and web development. Fostered vibrant Perl community. Unveiled Raku in 2019 as Perl's successor. Creator of the patch utility. Learn more: https://machaddr.substack.com
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@Perl After reading https://doi.org/10.1145/3386327, I’m imagining an alternate #WebDev history where #Netscape hired #LarryWall instead of @BrendanEich. (The latter previously worked for co-founder Jim Clark at #SGI, so as always it’s who you know.)
No, I don't think we would have #Perl in our web browsers (and possibly everywhere else). But #JavaScript might have started less #Self-ish and a little more Perl-ish.
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@DistroJunkie I think the discussion is like do hackers want to run up against #metoo - this hack'n ain't #larrywall or #richardstallman, or even #anonymous !!