From divinity to programming

He has quoted scripture before crowds of hackers. He glides from notions of devotion and divinity to the nuts and bolts of evolutionary programming. And his progeny is just about everywhere on the Web. Larry Wall, a linguist and self-effacing polymath, is the creator of the popular and ubiquitous Perl programming language. (Perl stands for "Practical Extraction and Report Language" or, if Wall is in the mood, "Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister.") Created over ten years ago with contributions and critiques...