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>> The only reason I know Perl is because I'm old enough to have started in the 90s when it was the new hotness. It was _the_ choice to use to write web pages
by bluedino 5y ago
>> The only reason I know Perl is because I'm old enough to have started in the 90s when it was the new hotness.
It was _the_ choice to use to write web pages in at one point. I remember installing RedHat Linux, writing a support 'forum' message board thing in Perl, then chucking it away as everyone was starting to use ColdFusion, PHP and .NET
- cyberge99 5y agoCGI was the way back then (still is in a way).