@TropicalPriest
Man, Larry Wall is so awesome. I love his thoughtful mannerisms. He genuinely wants to reply in the most intelligent fashion he can muster. Instead of some fake affectation lol.
@BosonCollider
The five languages were: 1: Javascript (for the web), 2: Java (for soul-crushing industry jobs that get outsourced), 3: Haskell (for very smart people), 4: C (for low level jobs), and 5: Perl (because he invented it and is biased on the matter).
@Tj930
Haha.. "Java : It looks like you're getting a lot done"
@philv2529
"managers like it because it looks like you got a lot done" CLASSIC
@joshuasmith2814
This interview must have been written in Java as it took 6min to what could have been said in less than 1min.
@Zer0Mem0ry
Perl ~The only language that looks the same before and after RSA encryption.
@MichaelRicksAherne
Shoe leather analogy was A+.
@MikeyDavis
4:43 "Almost all the languages that you C... are actually implemented in C" I C what U did there friend.
@RelatedGiraffe
"You can eat a 1 pound steak or you can eat a 100 pounds of shoe leather and you feel a greater sense of accomplishment after the shoe leather" XD
@RedHairdo
The best programming language will always be the one you spent most time with.
@goekhanbag
Exactly true, what he said still stands 10 years later. There’s only the addition that TypeScript is here to stay to simplify JavaScript, and obviously Python has completely replaced every other scripting language and taken over the scientific community. All the reasons he gave are very well founded as well. A very insightful video.
@monklikegestapo6042
this guy is still in the 80s !!!
@KhajaMinhajuddin
He is a great mind, and he is really spending some time in thinking about the languages. Perl (which he is the author of) is a great contribution to the software world. He deserves respect.
@LorenHelgeson
I started learning C a few weeks ago. I've worked with a few other languages over the past ten years or so (PHP, ActionScript, Javascript, etc.), and I am very impressed with how C works by comparison. I've never been a fan of the looser languages, and it's also nice to see how close you can get to machine level with C (if you want), but still pull off fast and powerful actions with basic code. Still a rookie, though, so I have a long way to go.
@dansivertson
So great to see and hear Larry speak.
@luisdanielmesa
I was born 10 years after you wrote your first program :) I have been working in Java for the last 14 years, and I'm about to retire... Java had ups and downs, but It was always good to me. I was never part of a team that didn't deliver, and I'm also grateful for that. Last company I worked for: NOVELL. One bit I might have forgotten to say is that I never finished college. Hackers by heart would learn to work with what they have instead of complaining :) enjoy yourself a little while at work.
@quickdudley
People tend to forget that you can write object-oriented systems in C: the syntax doesn't explicitly help like it does with C++ you but sometimes implementing the concepts yourself gives you extra flexibility.
@ihswap
The best programming language is the one you have fun with and enjoy using the most in my case it's python. everyone has their own opinion.
@davidjames4097
I recommend learning Piet. It is not useful but is the most beautiful language and also shows you what programming can be.
@bigthink