92K views · Jun 29, 2013 · 32:32 · 2 HN recommenders · 4 mentions · discussed 2013–2024
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.
Why Hacker News points people here: Recommended as an enjoyable look at the hacker mindset and a thoughtful interview worth rewatching.
“I really enjoyed this interview with Larry Wall (of Perl fame)”HN comment, 2020
“I really enjoyed this interview with Larry Wall (of Perl fame)”
Larry Wall illustrates the hacker mindset.
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 this video
“I do however frequently watch this interview with him”
Interview with Larry Wall worth rewatching.
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: this video
“he states that his degree is one that he designed himself”
Larry Wall on designing his own linguistics degree.
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] this video
“He talks about it in more depth in this interview”
Wall discusses how linguistics and programming blurred in his degree.
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: this video
