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Quote by Larry Wall
I think computer science, by and large, is still stuck in the Mode

I think computer science, by and large, is still stuck in the Modern age. – Larry Wall

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Doing linear scans over an associative array is like trying to club someone to death with a loaded Uzi. – Larry Wall

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Death
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I want people to use Perl. I want to be a positive ingredient of the world and make my American history. So, whatever it takes to give away my software and get it used, thats great. – Larry Wall

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positive
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Post-Modernism was a reaction against Modernism. It came quite early to music and literature, and a little later to architecture. And I think its still coming to computer science. – Larry Wall

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architecture
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Chastity is the cement of civilization and progress. Without it there is no stability in society, and without it one cannot attain the Science of Life. – Mary Baker Eddy

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A body of work such as Pasteurs is inconceivable in our time: no man would be given a chance to create a whole science. Nowadays a path is scarcely opened up when the crowd begins to pour in. – Jean Rostand

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