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Why would anyone build something like that in Perl? I could only see it being done “just because”. Wasn’t Perl specifically designed for the quickly code it onc
by kizer 5y ago
Why would anyone build something like that in Perl? I could only see it being done “just because”. Wasn’t Perl specifically designed for the quickly code it once and not change it again case?
- tempest_ 5y agoPerl was python before python was python, and booking.com is old.
- mrich 5y agoOn the server it was the predecessor to Node.js, back when the alternative was a C program :)
- nebula8804 5y agoI thought the Netherlands was weird in that there is a large group of Perl programmers who never decided to move on. It is its own ecosystem Its kind of like how Japan stayed on flip phones for forever and even bolted on smartphone features to their flip phones.
- tantalor 5y agoPerl was the best/fastest way to write web applications (think FastCGI, mod_perl) before PHP stole that crown in late 90s.