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His take on Larry Wall is terribly uncharitable: First: Larry is insane. This means more to me than anything in the language itself. I prefer my heroes to
by cdoxsey 13y ago
His take on Larry Wall is terribly uncharitable:
First: Larry is insane. This means more to me than anything in the language itself. I prefer my heroes to have a firm grasp on sanity. I was never a fan of Don Quixote. Larry says God talks to him, and tells him that He hates non-Perl programmers. Larry is a fruit cake, a nut job, crazy as a loon, batty as a belfry.
Having read the interview (http://interviews.slashdot.org/story/02/09/06/1343222/larry-wall-on-perl-religion-and http://interviews.slashdot.org/story/02/09/06/1343222/larry-...) I don't see how anyone could come away thinking this. Larry Wall seems like a nice guy to me.
- Dirlewanger 13y agoDid you miss the fact that this is indeed a drunken rant?
- mpyne 13y agoDoes that matter? Does being drunk make you uncharitable, or does it merely prevent you from controlling yourself before you announce it to the world?
- Dirlewanger 13y agoYes
- berntb 13y agoYegge "proved" someone insane literally by arguing as if a humorous speech was serious. If that isn't uncharitable or worse, I need a new dictionary. Also, this is an old, old rant. It must have been posted multiple times with other URLs.
- mpyne 13y agoSorry, I thought we were talking about Yegge, I knew Wall's speech was not meant to be serious... wasn't sure about Yegge's post.
- sigzero 13y agoBeing drunk usually brings out the true you.
- mike-cardwell 13y agoNo it doesn't.
- asveikau 13y agoDrunken rant? He comes off as much more reasonable than Yegge. Which part is the drunken rant? I only skimmed the religious part because it doesn't interest me, but I have read much worse than this from both religious types and software prima donnas. This is mild. OK, so he says stuff about his religious views. Not my cup of tea either but he doesn't come off as a jerk about it. And it's fair, IMO, for someone to say their religious views influence their work. That is up to them, their personal opinion. Just because I am not religious myself doesn't mean I have to trash him about it. (Hint: When he says he hears from God, I don't think that's literal.) I'm wondering if both you and Yegge are misrecognizing some of his sarcasm? (I guess Yegge is probably also exaggerating the personal aspect for comedic effect.)
- asveikau 13y agoOK, now I reread and I see the claim is that Yegge is drunk. Makes more sense now.
- wonderzombie 13y agoDid you read the speech as well? For example, he did quite literally liken Perl to a President and other languages as babies. The other pieces seemed about right but I admit I struggled mightily to follow that speech.