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> Perl 5 was not pretty Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I won't bore you with the details, but rest assured that there are many others like me, who appre
by Mithaldu 11y ago
> Perl 5 was not pretty
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I won't bore you with the details, but rest assured that there are many others like me, who appreciate Perl 5 both for its aesthetics, and are able to use the technical consequences of said aesthetics for productivity.
- chrisseaton 11y agoYou're right that it's subjective, but I think it's true to say that the most commonly appreciated programming language aesthetic has shifted since Perl 6 started to when it delivered. Back then many programmers appreciated the whimsical, pseudo natural-language nature of Perl. These days I don't think that style is as fashionable amongst most programmers and purity and straight-forwardness is more appreciated. Perl 6 is going to lose out because of that.