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Hacker Interviews: Larry Wall
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Jonathan Schiefer interviews Larry Wall, creator of Perl, in a 33-minute conversation. Wall discusses his self-designed linguistics degree and how language and programming overlap.
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Recommended as an enjoyable look at the hacker mindset and a thoughtful interview worth rewatching.
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I really enjoyed this interview with Larry Wall (of Perl fame), and I come back to it from time to time. He does a great job illustrating the hacker mindset that you mentioned [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗I used to visit his personal site to see updates, but It's been awhile since I last looked. I do however frequently watch this interview with him: [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗In this interview[1] he states that his degree is one that he designed himself (which his college allowed), and that he used his programming classes and experience as the second of two foreign languages he needed for his Linguistics degree (the first being Classical Greek). He calls this a, "hack". He talks about schooling after his undergrad, but doesn't go into what that was. [1] [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗Indeed, the blurring of this distinction became the means by which Larry Wall earned his college degree! [LINK] He talks about it in more depth in this interview: [VIDEO]
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