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Larry Wall
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American computer programmer and author
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 7
Top works
- Programming Perl
- Perl Resource Kit
- O'Reilly Perl Toolkit
- Open sources
- Achieve your dreams
via Open Library + Wikidata
Key facts
- Born
- Larry Arnold Wall , ( 1954-09-27 ) September 27, 1954 (age 71) , Los Angeles, California , US
- Alma mater
- Seattle Pacific University , UC Berkeley
- Occupations
- Computer programmer, author
- Known for
- Perl , patch , Raku
- Spouse
- Gloria Wall
- Children
- 4, including Aron
- Website
- www .wall .org /~larry /
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Wall
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- linguist
- Educated at
- University of California, Berkeley
- Employer
- Craigslist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- patch
- Field of work
- programmer
- Official website
- www.wall.org
- Image
- Larry Wall YAPC 2007.jpg
- Number of children
- 4
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- date of birth
- 1954-09-27
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Early life and education
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