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Perl 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 pro
by smegel 9y ago
Perl 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.