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That's a good reason, but note that it used to be the reason you picked Perl.
by abecedarius 11y ago
That's a good reason, but note that it used to be the reason you picked Perl.
- btreecat 11y agoStill a valid reason for people to chose Perl. Not advocating for Perl, just on behalf of Perl lovers like my office mate
- JupiterMoon 11y agoThe difference is that most people can read most other peoples' python code. Perl didn't tend to have that quality. EDIT Added another "most" to make it clear that not everyone can write readable python.
- collyw 11y agoThat depends entirely on who is writing the code. I have seen some truly awful Python as well as truly awful Perl.
- JupiterMoon 11y agoThis difference is that I've mainly seen decent Python and mainly seen awful Perl.
- platz 11y agoAlthough larger network effects might make it harder to turn the ship, this time around.