3 ms·
Perl 5 was my first love as a programming language. I rarely use it now, but it will always have a special place in my heart. I learned so much with that langua
by jfoutz 9y ago
Perl 5 was my first love as a programming language. I rarely use it now, but it will always have a special place in my heart. I learned so much with that language. Blessing a regex for example. That was the first time I felt like I had a super power.
- smegel 9y agoPerl 5 is still a great replacement for sed and awk in one-liners. Which is what it was originally envisaged as (although more than just one-liners), and is probably how it should survive - the most powerful one-line tool in existence.
- gbacon 9y ago[citation needed]
- smegel 9y ago> Apples and oranges. Haskell is defined by a language specification, not an implementation. reply Oh, a Haskell zealot. And to think I was about to start an argument!
- JadeNB 9y ago> > Apples and oranges. Haskell is defined by a language specification, not an implementation. Do you have the wrong thread? You're quoting https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15005881 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15005881 , but replying to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15005874 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15005874 (albeit by the same user).
- goatlover 9y agoWith all due respect to APL?
- throwaway7645 9y agoI think they mean Nix terminal work. APL & J obviously win hands down as overal one-liner kings. Can Dyalog be used via the terminal in that manner? I'm guessing so, but never seen it used outside the IDE.
- daxelrod 9y ago"Perl 5 was my first love as a programming language" is exactly how I describe it too. The language has tons of warts, but also an amazing community. Participating in that community taught me more about the practice of software engineering than my computer science degree.