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@GutiProducer 9 лет назад

"When good taste becomes mandatory its not good taste anymore its just manners" -Genius

@joshk6577 9 лет назад

What a brilliant and thoughtful guy. I'm inspired to look more into Perl and his other projects because of these videos. Thanks.

@ka0pmd 9 лет назад

"When good taste becomes mandatory, it's not good taste anymore; it's just manners..." Which then of course devolve into mere mannerisms....

@LanceDirk 11 лет назад

Perl is a scripting language, so you don't really use it to build a large application, it's usually for smaller tasks. But in my experience it has been a hell of a lot of fun to use, so I'd say its a good comparison.

@UltimaXG2 11 лет назад

I know, but for the sake of visualization, I prefer to call them vertical and horizontal. Like, a duck species can't change horizontally into a crocodile, but through vertical changes, it can converge. It's just so that other guy can understand it as a descending tree.

@bluesquare23 11 месяцев назад

4:41 I wonder what Larry's seen that he wouldn't try to do in Perl? I'm guessing a C compiler or something crazy complicated like that.

@BaldingEagle51 11 лет назад

Yeah, It's rare to see someone being asked their opinion and they start delivering a refreshing string of 100% correct perceptions instead of just opinion. Excellent stuff! :)

@UltimaXG2 11 лет назад

Also, to clarify, an example of vertical change would be divergence of Canine X to Vulpes vulpes and Canis Familiaris. Horizontal change would be like a crocoduck.

@UltimaXG2 11 лет назад

Everything just kind of comes together really fast in Perl. Nobody else can read it, though. :o)

@siphillis 11 лет назад

"Good taste" in programming is simply focusing on solving a specific set of problems, writing good code, and presenting it intelligently to the user.

@Maddolis 11 лет назад

The main thrust of evolution is completely fact. Some of the small stepping stones along the way haven't been discovered or aren't set in stone, but the theory in itself is absolutely fact. There are no "good" scientists that reject evolution, just as there are no "good" scientists that reject gravity even though we do not know everything there is to know about gravity.

@555aboud 11 лет назад

what about c++? is it fun? (i mean, i know not as fun as playing on the ps3 but is it boring or what?)

@LanceDirk 11 лет назад

C++ can be a pain. Of all the languages I've used, it does the fewest things the make things easy on the coder. Most languages will make assumptions about what you're trying to do and take care of the plumbing of your code. C++ does none of that. That said, I find the extra challenge of C++ fun sometimes. Also, by being requiring more information from the coder, it gives you better insight/control into the compiler. It's certainly more powerful than Perl.

@DarkShroom 11 лет назад

i will say i firmly stand by python as both being way better and way more cool, got to 2:00 though and it's nice to know how he feels about software patents

@MrBranh0913 11 лет назад

I'm willing to bet Larry Wall hate patent trolls. But then again who don't

@bendaniel6887 10 лет назад

he's so good

@BillM1960 11 лет назад

The guy's statement about software patents was very eloquently put.

@UltimaXG2 11 лет назад

Yeah, right? It's pretty much impossible not to smile when he says things. Also, yeah, when you use PERL for what it was meant for, it's just wonderful. Everything comes together lightning quick. Unfortunately, you'll be the only one who can read it. :L

@TonyTH20 12 лет назад

@EclecticSceptic I think his point was that everyone is expert in theology

@JUICEPPL1 11 лет назад

Here is video that explains the chaos effect thoroughly. Chaos and Butterfly Effect - Sixty Symbols Paste "v=WepOorvo2I4" after "watch?"

@popacrovac 12 лет назад

This guy leaves you with that awkward joyful feeling every time :D Is PERL anything like him when you use it seriously? I mean, in the field where it belongs, of course.

@Maddolis 11 лет назад

All scientists admit obvious flaws when they find them.

@dreamingWisdom 11 лет назад

He looks a little like Steve Jobs in the thumbnail.

@kwanarchive 11 лет назад

Yes it does and yes they are.

@lkadshglkhvani 11 лет назад

More like you Shouldn't program large applications in Perl. I am currently taking a break from building a text based game in Perl, I should use something more powerful, but I'm too lazy to learn something more powerful.

@EclecticSceptic 12 лет назад

Please refer to my original comment where I said that ... Also it's impossible to do anything productive in computer science and not be logical, it's just the practical application of logic. Like most people he compartmentalises his thoughts.

@EclecticSceptic 12 лет назад

Well I've never programmed with perl, but he's an eminent computer scientist. So yeah, logical.

@berbudy 11 лет назад

I like the video description

11 лет назад

Easy there sleepy, you're a few laps behind.

@Ehal256 12 лет назад

Well it runs without crashing on a digital-logic based computer system.

@UltimaXG2 11 лет назад

Alright, I can take that.

@fallenland 11 лет назад

The most amazing guy ever, i haven't seen a language implementer be more neutral than this, ever.

@kwanarchive 11 лет назад

If people like canufi did their research properly, they'd know that Larry Wall isn't a creationist.

@asdf072xxp 12 лет назад

Who else could speak about taste while wearing that shirt? $larry = "the man"

@overbyte 11 лет назад

so by that rationale religious people are generally not nice people? I'm sure your reply to this will be about taking some horrific leader, nation or group that does unspeakable things to others but my experience of Christians, Buddhists, Hindus, Mormons, Muslims and any other religious person I've come across has always been very positive in general.

@Maddolis 11 лет назад

For the future, people who argue against evolution aren't taken seriously in any science-based argument. It's accepted as fact, whether or not we know 100% of the details to 100% accuracy.

@spwf 11 лет назад

Correction: We need other people so we can get things to work. And work well. *cough*Linux*cough*

@BigBobsh2o 11 лет назад

Yeah but if I remember right my original reply to canufi had to do with him hating PERL because the guy who created it is a Christian. I'm not a religious person myself but I don't believe in bigotry.

@loesch94 12 лет назад

Please tell me more on how believing in a God makes you illogical, if that is your case we should just ditch Quantum physics and go back to the stone age as i'm pretty sure Max Planck had belief in a God.

@EclecticSceptic 12 лет назад

@TonyTH20 Nah I looked it up, he's a serious Christian.

@imhellag 9 лет назад

He's trying so hard to not say Microsoft.

@vinayseth1114 8 лет назад

+imhellag You mean with regards to patented software? As in windows and office?

@NoctumusTV 8 лет назад

+imhellag Microsoft? Dude, when it comes to (ridiculous) patents Microsoft is not even _remotely_ close to Apple for whom it's not uncommon to register 30-40 patents *every week*!! Apple are basically working 24 hours a day to prevent everyone on this planet from developing both software and hardware.

@SkegAudio 12 лет назад

Press One For A Kiss :DD

@OnjiKyoukou 12 лет назад

@kaifroland xD

@benquinney2 6 лет назад

Japanese aesthetics

@alienweirdo8337 11 лет назад

Aww. I was hoping for something a little better than that from you, sir. A man of your education. See how that works? It could go on forever.

@HunterRodrigez 11 лет назад

he inst a hipster... he just stopped updating his wardrobe and overall looks circa 1985...

@EclecticSceptic 12 лет назад

It's disappointing when you find out that someone as logical as this believes in nonsense.

@Maddolis 11 лет назад

You insult scientists everywhere by "sticking to science" whilst rejecting evolution.

@avro549B 11 лет назад

Check duckduckgo .booking lacunaexpanse (all dot com) - all Perl and then consider your statement. The Human Genome project might disagree, too.

@ghostid544 11 лет назад

Arguing on the internet getting you far? I do like the fact that you played devil's advocate, even when you were dealing with illiterate and closed minded individuals. I am concerned that you may be correct in your assumption that it's not worth your time because I don't think the majority of people who see your comments could understand them. Mind you, you started making random claims too(99% of the population are convinced all intellectuals agree with them? Have a link to that study?)

@psstheyyou 11 лет назад

Sorry Larry. I don't believe you because I don't believe that shirt. Maybe on the surface you're a hipster (see 'tache and shirt), but underneath all that I suspect you're really just a ... a ... a hipster. You finished by saying I should listen to you if you talk about theology. Then you laughed self consciously. Sorry, Father Larry. Good night.