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Larry Wall

Also Known As TimToady · Larry Arnold Wall
Software And Its Engineering

Larry Wall is an American computer programmer, linguist and author who created the Perl programming language while employed as a programmer at Unisys, releasing version 1.0 on December 18, 1987, as a general-purpose Unix scripting language meant to make report processing easier. He also created the patch tool and the rn Usenet client, and won the International Obfuscated C Code Contest twice. In 1998 he received the first Free Software Foundation Award for the Advancement of Free Software. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Birth Year
1954 1
Birth Date
1954-09-27 1
Nationality
American 1
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Perl, Programming Languages
Source Wikipedia: Larry Wall
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1. Wikipedia: Larry Wall
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  • Career section
    Wall is the author of the rn Usenet client and the widely used patch program.
  • Introduction
    Larry Arnold Wall (born September 27, 1954) is an American computer programmer, linguist, and author known for creating the Perl programming language and the patch tool.
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Larry Wall (Wikidata)
  • Wikidata alias: TimToady
    TimToady
  • Wikidata P166: STUG Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): STUG Award.
  • Wikidata P166: FSF Award for the Advancement of Free Software
    Wikidata P166 (award received): FSF Award for the Advancement of Free Software.
  • Wikidata alias: Larry Arnold Wall
    Larry Arnold Wall
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