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  • @bigthink
    @bigthink  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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  • @OverG88
    @OverG88 10 ปีที่แล้ว +260

    How to code like Larry Wall:
    1. Buy that shirt.

    • @mikie72
      @mikie72 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I have a shirt not at all unlike that, only it's blue.
      I've had it for a while.

    • @erikthegodeatingpenguin2335
      @erikthegodeatingpenguin2335 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      mikie72
      Then you can now code like Larry Wall! Go! Start coding!

    • @YouHolli
      @YouHolli 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      +Lazic B. You can't. He bought all of them.

    • @titaniumdiveknife
      @titaniumdiveknife 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Lazic B. Is a good shirt.

    • @PlanoFool
      @PlanoFool 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Great shirt for eating pizza.

  • @thebboyheartbreaker
    @thebboyheartbreaker 10 ปีที่แล้ว +138

    His mind is a priority queue.

    • @ziggyspaz
      @ziggyspaz 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      A shared p queue among 100 threads.

  • @BipinOli90
    @BipinOli90 7 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    such a deep personality, learned a lot from this 6 mins interview with such a great man.

    • @ismailmushraf
      @ismailmushraf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      whey I saw your comment, I just returned to the Video instead of reading comments, thanks.

    • @lodostic1015
      @lodostic1015 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol

  • @KevinTheNoobie
    @KevinTheNoobie 10 ปีที่แล้ว +280

    This dude looks like he just woke up from the 70s.

    • @antred11
      @antred11 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Almost like the Perl language itself.
      I kid, kid!! :0

    • @KevinTheNoobie
      @KevinTheNoobie 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      antred11
      Perl language?

    • @antred11
      @antred11 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      kevinalvarado
      Yes, what about it?

    • @SpyzacFilms
      @SpyzacFilms 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      ***** wwwhhhhaaAAAA!

    • @SERVER1992
      @SERVER1992 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      kevinalvarado its a computer language like C,C+,C++,C#

  • @pedlezelnip
    @pedlezelnip 13 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Larry Wall is like the absolute poster child of the stereotypical old school programmer. IOW, he's my hero. :)

  • @Polaf3456
    @Polaf3456 10 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    How come I expected the developer of perl to look like this...

  • @Athraminaurian
    @Athraminaurian 8 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Man, this dudes sense of style is on fleek.

    • @MrTigerstyle80
      @MrTigerstyle80 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What’s up Urban Dictionary?

  • @bailey3353
    @bailey3353 10 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I'm so glad he mentioned not being able to work with music on. A friend of mine said it's his favorite thing to do whilst programming, and I cannot for the life of me focus on what I'm doing when I try it. Maybe early stages of programming are not a good time to multitask.
    I also like the part about procrastinating, because it's very similar to my thought process. I often don't feel that I'm getting much done because I have so much on my mind and it leads me to procrastinate certain things much longer than necessary. Of course they get brought up within my community and I have to address them eventually.

    • @mathew633man
      @mathew633man 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      scientifically, music doesn't really help you concentrate more. you just feel more motivated. working/studying without music is always better for concentration.

    • @DasAntiNaziBroetchen
      @DasAntiNaziBroetchen 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bailey Chestnut
      It's not procrastination if you do something different, but productive instead.

    • @h0ph1p13
      @h0ph1p13 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I do listen to *calming instrumental* music while programming sometimes. Sometimes to ease me into the process and sometimes to isolate from other noise/people talking.
      If the music is not calm i get too excited and can't really get in the flow. If the music is not instrumental (has someone singing) i get distracted by the lyrics. So it's either calm intrumental or silence. Silence works great too.
      I can only suspect if you are listening to pop-songs/the tv while doing something that thing is not really mentally demanding... Or you are just wasting your mana (a.k.a. mental energy ;)

  • @PopPop-of8km
    @PopPop-of8km 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1.Do the thing u love because u will not stop until it achieve!!!
    2. If u feel it hard not the challenge, U not really love it!!!
    3. U can put the things u love altogether, programing with listening music?
    4. Share your idea with other, or even teach them. It's gonna sharp your sense.
    5. If u are tired , exhausted, it's ok. to take some rest because of 1.
    That what i got from him. 👍👍👍

  • @FrancoisLaubscherEphsharp
    @FrancoisLaubscherEphsharp 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Spending time with Perl is on my to do list, but I feel less guilty about procrastinating after listening to Larry now.

  • @janicknorman9396
    @janicknorman9396 9 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    I feel i'm in the 80's lol

  • @1010kray1010
    @1010kray1010 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    I could watch and listen to Larry Wall indefinitely. The gift this man has given to the world is pretty incalculable. Like his charisma. To know what he knows ... wow. Thanks for this video.

  • @omergafny
    @omergafny 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I wonder if before crashing to bed, his wife throws an exception

  • @rhn8696
    @rhn8696 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    5:43
    "Basically, there's so much stuff flowing past on the internet now, you have to let most of it go and I've grown accustomed to the process of not worrying too much about the stuff I'm not getting into because the important stuff will come back around"

  • @sweepstakes
    @sweepstakes 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love the last thing he says about not worrying about stuff he's not getting to. So true.

  • @feltfriends
    @feltfriends ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "I get going about the time my wife crashes and goes to bed" me too dude. me too. also mad respect for that shirt, shit is dripping af

  • @TheMonotasker
    @TheMonotasker 12 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    He seems like a guy I would enjoy drinking coffee with . . . in my messy office . . . late at night.

  • @kevinocta9716
    @kevinocta9716 11 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Lol, I'm procrastinating doing my programming work by watching videos about procrastinating doing programming work.

  • @heno02
    @heno02 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    His shirt reminds me of a Perl program I saw my co worker wrote one time ...

    • @erikRairden
      @erikRairden 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      This is a golden comment. And he sure does like to talk about stew a lot.

  • @gettehl3136
    @gettehl3136 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "then the thing will deprocrastinate itself at an appropriate time" that's next level object orientation right therr

  • @neilyoooo2
    @neilyoooo2 11 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This guy makes me feel less stressed out about my future in computer science.... him and this vodka.

    • @naira2485
      @naira2485 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      how did your future in computer science go?

    • @nawzyah
      @nawzyah 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      neilyoooo2 yeah, how did it go? are you a programmer now?

  • @0xhiro
    @0xhiro 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    These videos are extremely underrated

  • @ysreddy3828
    @ysreddy3828 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    larry wall is awesome..................great human-being and a great programmer ever...............

    • @LeavingEZ
      @LeavingEZ 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yeah......................

  • @Claymore2408
    @Claymore2408 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I thought i was the only one, I once saw a keynote speech of John Carmack for 3 hours before starting my project lol.

  • @siolux8
    @siolux8 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    despite the divorce between "interpreter" and "compiler" only as two types inlanguages... serioulsy overcoms such paradigms ... learn to think in instances / entities .... perl must be an instances languages wich is translates to binary code only from ONE process / executable file handling the code ... the result will be an entity as a running process or a file(executable) as a dump or an space in memory ... think out side any box the was defined through those who wants you to think limited... it is time to form e.g. : P ⁂ (Perlsterism) ... ONE executable translater wich inhabits ALL methods to result in an entity / instance of the programmed code

  • @joao6688
    @joao6688 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    5:28
    I loved that part

  • @ckildegaard
    @ckildegaard 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well and (speaking as a novice) in theory, if you learn the underlying CONCEPTS of programming, migrating to another language should be a relatively simple matter of learning some different syntax and perhaps slightly different ways of doing things in some instances, if I understand correctly.

  • @airheadknight
    @airheadknight 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I LOVE him. Wish I could be like him :(

  • @ckildegaard
    @ckildegaard 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Actually, parts of the perl compiler are written in Perl :P

  • @fani5000
    @fani5000 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I can relate with the music bit. The music has to be complex enough otherwise I just start listening or analyzing what all the different instruments are doing :p

  • @MightyPhalus
    @MightyPhalus 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I agree with you on this. Perl is like a Holy Bastion of exploration.

  • @khav99
    @khav99 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    well said and it's still and understatement yet I couldn't have said it better

  • @Chronicator10101
    @Chronicator10101 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    the last thing he said is so true

  • @ckildegaard
    @ckildegaard 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    How to code: choose the language that suits you best. It is preferable to start out with a higher-level programming language with relatively simple syntax. Perl, Python, and certain BASIC dialects are good suggestions.

  • @arzuarzu2903
    @arzuarzu2903 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Even the video is pixelated like it was capture in the early 70's.

  • @yourlocalfaxmachine9934
    @yourlocalfaxmachine9934 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've got all of those and took the glasses check.

  • @gulllars
    @gulllars 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just read the Wikipedia article on hipster, and reflected on what I've observed.
    I do agree most hipsters seem to be posers, trying to fit in with a group that all agree on being different from what they perceive as mainstream, just for the sake of being different and the ego boost that provides them.

  • @crayon1202
    @crayon1202 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    how can anyone work with music playing

    • @hynjus001
      @hynjus001 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      After lots of experimentation, I've found that certain genres tightly fit the type of coding I'm doing. If I'm solving a complex problem or coming up with an algorithm I need late baroque, early classical. If I'm rushing a feature I need fast pace electronic music. If I'm implementing grunt level stuff that takes long I use this weird trippy music from a genre I don't even know. Took me long to settle into these choices.

  • @emirsaracevic
    @emirsaracevic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Shirt is batik style.... Indonesia

  • @gatoravi
    @gatoravi 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi, I'm the Perl programmer from Antarctica.

  • @DanHarkless_Halloween_YTPs_etc
    @DanHarkless_Halloween_YTPs_etc 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Huh, no wonder I'm such a Perl-hound. Sounds like Larry's brain works similarly to mine. 🙂

  • @gulllars
    @gulllars 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    One could argue nerds are closely related to hipsters, but reject the notion that being "hip" is important :P
    Main traits they have in common is free-thinking and an indifference to mainstream pop culture.
    A big difference between nerds and hipsters is excessive irony and sarcasm, and placing value on things that are not (yet) mainstream just because of that.
    From experience on the net, you will find many nerds with hipster traits, but in general nerds are more genuine in their indifference :)

  • @1rmw
    @1rmw 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    when was it recorded?

  • @erneavila
    @erneavila 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    jajaja mañana, mañana. I'm Mexican but these are so funny.

  • @NateSwaggDeezy
    @NateSwaggDeezy 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    this is fun to watch

  • @JCooperAudioSystems
    @JCooperAudioSystems 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    This man's genius is of a different nature...

  • @kikazz91
    @kikazz91 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    "how do you stay alert during the night?" i was really expecting him to blurt out "cocaine!"

  • @Draganko123
    @Draganko123 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I listen to Megadeth while coding.

    • @brandonkejick1545
      @brandonkejick1545 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thought you said "cooking"

    • @h0ph1p13
      @h0ph1p13 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Brandon Kejick So you imagine him chopping meat or something? Xd

  • @Arancil
    @Arancil 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    But being a hipster is all about fitting in with the hipster culture as far as I have understood the concept? It never seemed very free-thinking to me, just about giving the impression of free-thinking. I may be completely wrong, though.

  • @janjaotreta
    @janjaotreta 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    NICE SHIRT BRO!!!!

  • @CamiloSanchez1979
    @CamiloSanchez1979 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice shirt

  • @PrateekSharmaTheKid
    @PrateekSharmaTheKid 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This guy, he is my kind of guy.

  • @I.n-10s
    @I.n-10s 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    there is really a part of me that wants to learn programming but when i stare at my computer doing programming i just go blank. might start pro gaming. lol

  • @vanadiumV
    @vanadiumV 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I Love your Look Man !!!

  • @disk0__
    @disk0__ 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why do I get the vibe that he lowkey doesn't just like coffee from the way he said that

  • @ninjaeditmusic
    @ninjaeditmusic 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mind is assigned blown.

  • @luchis117
    @luchis117 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's the all-knowing 'stache. It told Wall to create Perl.

  • @JamesSagerSC
    @JamesSagerSC 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Now I know how to code like Larry Wall. Sweet Jesus, you should charge for this stuff! :D :D

  • @animals0feel1pain2
    @animals0feel1pain2 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Oh I think we have a Perl programmer in Antarctica." lol

  • @pharoah246
    @pharoah246 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why did he use the *Spanish* variation of the song Tomorrow? That made no sense to me...

  • @hjkl8187
    @hjkl8187 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm a night person too.

    • @bouamarelouahhabi9525
      @bouamarelouahhabi9525 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +hjkl me too , but i dn't like this

    • @RM-gm7lu
      @RM-gm7lu 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +hjkl 2:44 a.m, do i qualify?

  • @crowntimber1
    @crowntimber1 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ballad of Ricky Bobby "I dont know what to do with my hands"

  • @gulllars
    @gulllars 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Regular mustache and goatee beard. All the way round and up in the middle :)

  • @ninjaaron
    @ninjaaron 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have exactly the same problem with music.

  • @TheKaldarsPanda
    @TheKaldarsPanda 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Larry thinks with Bubble Sort :)

  • @shredhappy101
    @shredhappy101 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    4:05 yep

  • @12me91
    @12me91 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Everything but night owl, waking up at 6 for about the fast decade will do that though.

  • @ryansymons8915
    @ryansymons8915 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    intravenous coffee = the dream

  • @8bitslime
    @8bitslime 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I can't work _without_ music...

  • @afaraj
    @afaraj 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fooowwwooosh!!

  • @christianf21
    @christianf21 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    you just described me...

  • @SeelySassage
    @SeelySassage 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    mañana! mañana!

  • @ClashyR
    @ClashyR 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    how do I Perl? ;-;

  • @janjaotreta
    @janjaotreta 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Handle bar mustache?

  • @gulllars
    @gulllars 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Being lazy in a productive manner? check.
    Drug of choice caffeine? check.
    Procrastinate somewhat productively? check
    Inpatient while putting in loads of time? check
    Night owl? check
    Microwave chef? check
    Loads of facial hair? check
    what more steriotypes have i left out?
    If i only wore glasses... :P

  • @RodneyFisk
    @RodneyFisk 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    @interstellarwonder I think so too. I am a night owl, and I do a great deal of dreaming.

  • @oceansoceans3909
    @oceansoceans3909 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hello, I’m Oceans
    Coke>Pepsi
    Make Great America Great Again!
    Trump 2020 - build The Wall ™
    Last time I took the “C” course it looked like that Wall ™ was about to fall over ;)

  • @sandimilicevic579
    @sandimilicevic579 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    He bubble sorts his priorities.

  • @AugustusCeasar12
    @AugustusCeasar12 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I still need the facial hair DDDD: damn you stubble

  • @MyStuff774
    @MyStuff774 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    that fits me rather well xD

  • @spessspess4616
    @spessspess4616 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    he was gonna say "Read the fucking manual"

  • @UchSarath
    @UchSarath 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    same to me

  • @modularmoon
    @modularmoon 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    what a badass!

  • @MADagain
    @MADagain 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    wtf does this mean in a config file then coz this is what i looked up lol r_api 0

  • @WilsonCanda
    @WilsonCanda 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    stereotypes. But i am with you on the checklist!

  • @stygian69
    @stygian69 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Best. Comment. Ever.

  • @TheDebare
    @TheDebare 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    I thought this was from the 70's

  • @fakkmorradi
    @fakkmorradi 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wanna be Larry Wall

  • @guerra_dos_bichos
    @guerra_dos_bichos 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    pepsi is everywhere god!

  • @fairygurl9269
    @fairygurl9269 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    *Smiles

  • @andrewlankford9634
    @andrewlankford9634 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Not something I really want to do.

  • @mikehawk2148
    @mikehawk2148 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    ... I want to be Larry Wall.

  • @maxwell10206
    @maxwell10206 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I listen to rap music while I code.

    • @shlomokikenberg1550
      @shlomokikenberg1550 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      maxwell10206 rap isn't music

    • @KabooM1067
      @KabooM1067 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Robert Paulsen Well, that's like.. your opinion, man.

    • @BorisMediaProds
      @BorisMediaProds 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ***** *codes .txt files*

    • @BorisMediaProds
      @BorisMediaProds 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      ***** I can't image a programmer coding to Lil' Wayne

    • @KabooM1067
      @KabooM1067 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You guys clearly have no idea what Rap is outside of Lil' Wayne, Nicki Minaj and the like, do you?

  • @marauderinchief6858
    @marauderinchief6858 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wife goes to bed..
    Dude starts coding..
    No Sex???!

  • @hennyzhi2261
    @hennyzhi2261 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I guess I'm finding common ground here. hahaha

  • @smellslikefries
    @smellslikefries 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Big fan of Larry. But he has spawned more bad programmers (perl) than any other computer scientists. :)

  • @falconxample
    @falconxample 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bjarne Stroustrup's is the king, Larry Wall the wannabe ;-) Proof: Bjarne can listen to music while coding (well still assuming he is not coding in perl neither)

  • @InformaticageNJP
    @InformaticageNJP 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Only the wife of Larry Wall culd crash :D 1:18
    No try catch surrounding her

    • @erkan808
      @erkan808 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Informaticage NJP Edgy

    • @YouHolli
      @YouHolli 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Informaticage NJP I actually had a drink with her at YAPC::Vienna a few years ago. She's a nice person and as smart as her husband.

  • @paullamah9824
    @paullamah9824 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Old people