Larry Wall
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Larry Wall is an American programmer and linguist best known as the creator of the Perl programming language and a prominent figure in the free and open-source software community.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
computer programmer
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free software advocate → human → linguist → software developer → |
| associatedWith |
Perl
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surface form:
CPAN ecosystem
Perl community → |
| awardReceived | various open-source community awards → |
| coinedPhrase | There Is More Than One Way To Do It → |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America → |
| familyName | Wall → |
| fieldOfWork |
computer programming
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free and open-source software → programming languages → |
| givenName | Larry → |
| hasAcademicBackgroundIn |
computer science
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linguistics → natural languages → |
| hasRole |
author of technical books
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language designer → open-source community leader → |
| influenced |
scripting languages community
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text processing tools → |
| influencedBy |
Unix culture
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linguistics → |
| knownFor |
being a prominent figure in the free and open-source software community
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creating the Perl programming language → |
| movement |
free software movement
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open-source movement →
surface form:
open-source software movement
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| name | Larry Wall self-link → |
| notableFor |
combining linguistics and programming in language design
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designing a language optimized for text processing → |
| notableIdea | TIMTOWTDI → |
| notableWork |
Perl
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Programming Perl → The Camel Book → |
| occupation |
author
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linguist → programmer → software engineer → |
| programmingLanguageCreated | Perl → |
| religion | Christianity → |
| sexOrGender | male → |
| speaksLanguage |
English
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Japanese → other natural languages → |
| writesLanguage |
C
→
Perl → |
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