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Is there anything "suspicious" about using Perl other than it's not as popular as Python, according to Google Trends?
by loggedinmyphone 9y ago
Is there anything "suspicious" about using Perl other than it's not as popular as Python, according to Google Trends?
- vgy7ujm 9y agoNo. It's not suspicious or dangerous in any way compared to Python.
- kstrauser 9y agoNo, there’s nothing inherently wrong with it. I’ve run across two distinct sets of Perl mongers, though: - “We have lots of deployed code and don’t want to rewrite the whole thing.” That’s valid (although I still urge them to consider the hiring challenges down the road). - “I’ve used Perl exclusively since I downloaded it over dialup and I’m not interested in those shiny new languages the kids like.” Run screaming.
- tomc1985 9y agoThere's also the "I really like Perl and I wish more people took it seriously" set (which I consider myself to be a part of)
- loggedinmyphone 9y agoI've never met a Perl developer who doesn't know and use other languages. By contrast it's much more probable that a "kid" writing Python or JavaScript has never been exposed to anything else. When you say you wouldn't use Perl again, that's a fine personal choice, but has zero to do with the merits of the language or the people who use it.