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The near-miss of Python is why I write perl scripts. It supports the 'backtick' notation, and pretty much kills the problem domain of awk, sed, and bash.
by theonemind 10y ago
The near-miss of Python is why I write perl scripts. It supports the 'backtick' notation, and pretty much kills the problem domain of awk, sed, and bash.
- tannhaeuser 10y agoI can see where you come from, but try to run some obscure nontrivial Perl package of the 90s and see how far it goes. I had the displeasure to exhume legacy Perl programs three times in the last two decades. It always ended with a total rewrite in another language. In contrast, awk is such a nice and minimalist language with multiple implementations available.
- hpcjoe 10y agoI generally write simple things in bash shells, and save more complex stuff for Perl these days. Trying to move more actively to Julia and others for this though. Perl6 looks like it extends on good things in Perl5, but, of course, in the process, breaks many things I am used to in Perl5. The nice aspect is that there are many good tools, and quite a few mediocre ones to solve problems. Pick your tool sets and be productive with them, taking care to learn others over time.