This seems to be a non-sequitur. Who are you talking about?
Larry isn't libertarian to the best of my knowldge, and certainly not an asshole. He's one of the nicest, most genuinely kind and generous, people I've ever met.
So, a non sequitur, then? Since this article is about something Larry Wall said in Programming Perl (among other places). Perhaps there is some confusion based on their somewhat similar facial hair choices? I can assure you they are separate people with independent thoughts.
Ha! You're completely right! I was reading some other ESR today and just mentally inserted him as a coauthor with Tom Christiansen, Larry Wall and Randall Schwartz.
I can't identify a libertarian among the authors in this article.
Larry isn't libertarian to the best of my knowldge, and certainly not an asshole. He's one of the nicest, most genuinely kind and generous, people I've ever met.