Larry Wall

Larry Wall
Wall in 2007
Born
Larry Arnold Wall

(1954-09-27) September 27, 1954
Alma materSeattle Pacific University
UC Berkeley
Occupation(s)Computer programmer, author
Known forPerl, patch, Raku
SpouseGloria Wall
Children4, including Aron
Websitewww.wall.org/~larry/

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.