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Larry Wall

1954 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Larry Wall is the 69th most popular computer scientist (down from 57th in 2019), the 4,143rd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,583rd in 2019) and the 41st most popular American Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Larry Wall ranks 69 out of 245. Before him are Vernor Vinge, Ron Rivest, Jean Bartik, Ruth Teitelbaum, Robert C. Martin, and Leonard Adleman. After him are James H. Wilkinson, Jef Raskin, Richard M. Karp, Fred Brooks, Alfred Aho, and Martin Fowler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Larry Wall ranks 179. Before him are Brigitte Lin, Didier Six, Andrés Pastrana Arango, Kader Abdolah, Kengo Kuma, and Abdelilah Benkirane. After him are Tallis Obed Moses, Derek Warwick, Don Wilson, Patricia McPherson, Scott Bakula, and Milovan Rajevac.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Larry Wall ranks 4,143 out of 20,380. Before him are Thomas S. Gates Jr. (1906), Dick Wolf (1946), Dyanne Thorne (1936), Jon Bernthal (1976), Jonathan Groff (1985), and Jane Lynch (1960). After him are Kamehameha V (1830), Ahmad Jamal (1930), Stephen Cole Kleene (1909), E. C. Segar (1894), William Larned (1872), and Jesse Jackson (1941).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Larry Wall ranks 41. Before him are J. C. R. Licklider (1915), Vernor Vinge (1944), Ron Rivest (1947), Jean Bartik (1924), Ruth Teitelbaum (1924), and Leonard Adleman (1945). After him are Jef Raskin (1943), Richard M. Karp (1935), Fred Brooks (1931), Warren Weaver (1894), Evelyn Berezin (1925), and Edwin Catmull (1945).

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