Hacker Interviews: Larry Wall

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An interview with a language creator on how he thinks and builds; light on leadership lessons.

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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