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This is the correct answer. Python and Ruby pretty much ate Perl's lunch. Depending on whatever you were working, one of those two languages, was almost always
by dcolkitt 6y ago
This is the correct answer. Python and Ruby pretty much ate Perl's lunch. Depending on whatever you were working, one of those two languages, was almost always a strict improvement over Perl.
The only place really shines comparatively is in CLI one-liners. But even there, awk is usually a better tool.
- klyrs 6y agoI was doing web development back then, and Perl in your cgi-bin was pretty hot tech, especially compared to c. But then PHP came around, and I never really looked back. I've moved on, and out of web development, and I keep circling back to C, but never perl. Python does pretty much everything I'd want Perl for.
- citrin_ru 6y agoI agree that Python and Ruby ate Perl, but for me they are not strictly an improvement. Just spoons of a different colour. Python is more novice friendly, but for someone who uses language every day it is not a problem to learn Perl syntax and BCP.
- cutler 6y agoRuby is pretty close to Perl for one-liners. Try it.