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I'm getting really bored with all the JS frameworks. Is it time to get back into perl? Cassette tapes are hip again, why not perl. :-)

desireco42 11y ago
When you put it like that, it kind of makes sense. BTW, it is vinyl records. My best friend got obsessed with them, I have to buy them as gifts all the time.
- ky738 11y ago
  Good thing tbh. The perfect audio quality is just, perfect.
- elinchrome 11y ago
  No, it's cassettes too. Reel to reel has "better sound" than vinyl for some people. I'm sure there's some metric or science to back up the argument. And other enjoy the nostalgia of cassettes and eight tracks. You can hardly walk down my block without seeing someone listening to a 30 year old walkman. That's probably more of a style thing.
  - Svip 11y ago
    As someone who uses tapes on a regular basis, I have doubts that there is any metric or science to back up the argument that cassette tapes have 'better sound' than vinvyl record or digital audio for that matter. Part of what I enjoy about listening to tapes is in fact its subpar quality. The main reason I listen to tapes is because my two cars both take cassette tapes, so it's more a reason to have something to listen to while driving. But in a car, the small distortions on a tape are easily missed compared to listening at home. So it works great for me. (Plus the silence at the end of each side is a great break every 40 minutes or so.)
    - elinchrome 11y ago
      I'm not talking about cassettes, I'm talking about the reel to reels that they used to use to record masters.
  - desireco42 11y ago
    You are right, I researched a little in the meantime :) amazing! I remember cassettes as convenient but with a lot of issues with sound quality.
baudehlo 11y ago
As an old perl 5 hack it is worth looking at as a new language. Like if you thought rust was worth exploring. It's not related to perl historically at all except by name.
- pyre 11y ago
  ... and that there are interop modules (between Perl 6 and Perl 5.x), IIRC.
  - awwaiid 11y ago
    ... and plans for equally quality interop with other langs, such as Python and Ruby. The only thing special about the perl5 one is that it came first.
jiyinyiyong 11y ago
WebAssembly is not ready yet.

desireco42 11y ago

When you put it like that, it kind of makes sense. BTW, it is vinyl records. My best friend got obsessed with them, I have to buy them as gifts all the time.

ky738 11y ago
Good thing tbh. The perfect audio quality is just, perfect.
elinchrome 11y ago
No, it's cassettes too. Reel to reel has "better sound" than vinyl for some people. I'm sure there's some metric or science to back up the argument. And other enjoy the nostalgia of cassettes and eight tracks. You can hardly walk down my block without seeing someone listening to a 30 year old walkman. That's probably more of a style thing.
- Svip 11y ago
  As someone who uses tapes on a regular basis, I have doubts that there is any metric or science to back up the argument that cassette tapes have 'better sound' than vinvyl record or digital audio for that matter. Part of what I enjoy about listening to tapes is in fact its subpar quality. The main reason I listen to tapes is because my two cars both take cassette tapes, so it's more a reason to have something to listen to while driving. But in a car, the small distortions on a tape are easily missed compared to listening at home. So it works great for me. (Plus the silence at the end of each side is a great break every 40 minutes or so.)
  - elinchrome 11y ago
    I'm not talking about cassettes, I'm talking about the reel to reels that they used to use to record masters.
- desireco42 11y ago
  You are right, I researched a little in the meantime :) amazing! I remember cassettes as convenient but with a lot of issues with sound quality.

baudehlo 11y ago

As an old perl 5 hack it is worth looking at as a new language. Like if you thought rust was worth exploring. It's not related to perl historically at all except by name.

pyre 11y ago
... and that there are interop modules (between Perl 6 and Perl 5.x), IIRC.
- awwaiid 11y ago
  ... and plans for equally quality interop with other langs, such as Python and Ruby. The only thing special about the perl5 one is that it came first.

jiyinyiyong 11y ago

WebAssembly is not ready yet.