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Larry Wall: Computer Programming in 5 Minutes

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Uploaded on Jun 13, 2011

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Computer programming is a lot like writing a recipe. If you've read a recipe, you know what the structure of a recipe is and you can copy the format to create your own. But then you can take it a lot further.

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  • Raul Kolk

    ...Breaking Bad would be pretty shitty.

    Jesse: Yo, Mr White, lets write some viruses man!!

    Walter: That's an interesting idea. C++ or Java?

    Jesse: Dude? You high? That's like C++ all over bro.

    Walter: Fair enough.

    *42 minutes of programming in silence*

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  • fredjudymom

    "That's assuming you think Twinkies are food."

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  • Andrew Bradford

    113 people don't develop.

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  • alan macklin

    exactly what u said. thanks to yt and apple for sending me rockin iphone 5 for taking their surveyz. but i can tell you one thing, make sure you tell the address and email properly to send the giftbox. if you wanna try just try now > bit.ly/13IdoaQ?=bdbte

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  • GrammarNaziMinion

    My dear god...

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  • GrammarNaziMinion

    *Lol, is that all you've got?* Begone, impudent fool.

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  • ThePrivateJoker

    LOL, Is that all you've got? A Nazi you certainly are not.

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  • Zak Dwyer

    I wish you haters would quit knocking Java. So what if it needs another program to run a program.

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  • GrammarNaziMinion

    Someone teach this faggot show to fuck off and then get a real life.

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  • ThePrivateJoker

    Someone teach this hippie show to shave and then to use a real language.

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  • danny1111105

    how about you need to use one weird set of code to make a game or some application

    

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  • Reshurum

    Twinkies are the virus in the computer world, it is disguised as food.

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