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For people who are curious as to why people moved to Python. Some will say because college kids are taught Python, but I think that is a side effect. Perl is
by proverbialbunny 7y ago
For people who are curious as to why people moved to Python. Some will say because college kids are taught Python, but I think that is a side effect.
Perl is an old language, pre OOP. It's a language from the 90s, when everyone was hacking together code not knowing what the future would be like. There is a lack of organization. Perl is like C in syntax, features, and in speed. Python is like C++. Every failing you can find in Perl stems from it being a PP language first, from dirty code to kids not learning it in college.
Raku attempts to address every failing of Perl, yet be better than Python. If it succeeds, who knows, but I hope it gets at least a chance to make something of itself.
- sverige 7y agoFifteen years hasn't been enough of a chance?
- proverbialbunny 7y ago15 years? Raku just recently came out. Perl was the popular language once upon a time ago. But it stagnated while new technology came in to replace the old.
- axaxs 7y agoPeople like easy to read languages. Many years ago, when I first got back into development, I decided to choose to learn Python or Perl. After doing some research, it seemed Perl was more widespread. But Python was easier to read, so I went that route instead(luckily). I think the popularity of Basic and Golang vs their competitors of the time help prove this point. People say that Go is only popular because of Google, but I honestly feel if Rust and Go switched owners, it would have played out the same way.