Yes, I am talking about Larry Wall, the creator of perl. A couple of days back he delivered his address. Many people talk about many things these days and I just skip through most of it. But when Larry talks (or writes), I listen (or read). Just being a great designed or programmer is not enough. The way Larry communicates is awsome. He is out of this world and at the same time very humble and down to earth. This sounds like, since I'm reading about quantum physics these days, a wave-particle duality kind of thing. Well.. that metaphor I used there was "limp" unlike many of them Larry used in his address. :)

In his speech, he talks about screensavers. This is typical Larry. He takes two totally different (or so it seems) topics and makes a connection. There was one address where he talked about chemistry. Just superb. And the one where he shows the universal design diagram. Very cool.

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