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There's a distinct whiff of "I hate Perl and must stomp it" in this guy's articles.

• hpcjoe 6y ago
  Seems to be common amongst pythonistas. I've run into their tired bashing of perl for 20+ years. I use perl daily. And Julia. And C. Python more like weekly. Always select the right tool for the job. Changing code that works, and is critical should not be undertaken lightly. Most especially not of irrational dislike of the current implementation language.
  • HeckFeck 6y ago
    > Seems to be common amongst pythonistas. I've run into their tired bashing of perl for 20+ years. Perlphobia must stop. say("no"); # make it die(); # Python's easier? That's a lie!
• user5994461 6y ago
  Not at all. I rather wrote this to illustrate how critical legacy software is created, operated and evolved over time, but it seems that readers can't get past immediately defending/bashing Perl.
  • daneel_w 6y ago
    But your article is immediately and repeatedly bashing it, for no practical reason, is why some are immediately rolling their eyes and defending Perl.
    • user5994461 6y ago
      Definitely not the intention. I've removed the one sentence in the intro that may have sparked some misunderstanding. I shall note that HN moderators edited the title 3 times making it more or less outrageous, nothing I can do about that.