"Real programmers can write assembly code in any language."

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

Larry Wall

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“Information and communications technology unlocks the value of time, allowing and enabling multi-tasking, multi-channels, multi-this and multi-that.”
“I don't intend to stay around any longer than I feel I can be No. 1.”
“I will content myself, Mr. Speaker, with those principal motives to union; first, that we are in the rapids and must go on; next that our neighbours will not, on their side, let us rest supinely, even if we could do so from other causes; and thirdly, that by making the united colonies more valuable as an ally to Great Britain, we shall strengthen rather than weaken the imperial connection. (Cheers.”
“In the case of some women, orgasms take quite a bit of time. Before signing on with such a partner, make sure you are willing to lay aside, say, the month of June, with sandwiches having to be brought in.”

Source : Bruce Jay Friedman (1978). “The Lonely Guy: And, The Slightly Older Guy”, p.145, Grove Press
“The sole concern of learning is to seek one's original heart.”
“I didn't start grieving for my mother properly until I was maybe 16.”

Source : "Peaches Geldof, daughter of Bob Geldof, found dead at 25", www.foxnews.com. April 7, 2014.
“Never is a promise, and you can't afford to lie.”
“When life is too easy for us, we must beware or we may not be ready to meet the blows which sooner or later come to everyone, rich or poor.”

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