Perl is not dead: It was early web novices that gave it a bad name
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TechBeacon[^]:
I'll tell you why rumors of Perl's death have been greatly exaggerated.
It just deserves to be
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TechBeacon[^]:
I'll tell you why rumors of Perl's death have been greatly exaggerated.
It just deserves to be
No, its undead. For god sake someone call Buffy the awful Programming Language Slayer, there's much work her around here.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough." Alan Kay.
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TechBeacon[^]:
I'll tell you why rumors of Perl's death have been greatly exaggerated.
It just deserves to be
Kent Sharkey wrote:
It just deserves to be
Indeed. Worst language I've ever used (though I admit it's good at what it does).
Kevin
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TechBeacon[^]:
I'll tell you why rumors of Perl's death have been greatly exaggerated.
It just deserves to be
s/Perl/COBOL/
s/early web sites/mainframes/
s/1990s/1960s/Can you tell I tampered with the original article? :laugh:
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
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Kent Sharkey wrote:
It just deserves to be
Indeed. Worst language I've ever used (though I admit it's good at what it does).
Kevin
Kevin McFarlane wrote:
Worst language I've ever used
Obviously, you never saw DEC Teco macros! :wtf:
"Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed." - G.K. Chesterton