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Larry Wall Speaks at Google

Google TechTalks · talk · Watch on YouTube

Python, Ruby & scripting languagesProgramming language design

What it is

Larry Wall speaks at Google's Chicago office in 2008 about the Perl community, the language, and Perl 6. The talk touches on grammars, macros and error messages.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN mentions it for its Perl 6 content, though some note the delivery is less lively than Wall's usual talks.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2009, last 2018

What HN commenters said

  1. “here's a Google Tech Talk from last year, which is nowhere near as funny as Larry usually is, but is still quite informative”

    Informative Larry Wall talk on Perl 6 grammar and macros.

    SwellJoe, 2009-04 · Recommendation · in “Lisp's reputation is so bad that many people don't even take a look at Lisp”

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Topics: larry wall, perl 6, grammars, macros, google tech talk

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