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One of the main points that caught my eye while reading this was the fact that the author mentioned that Perl programmers love their language. As a Perl hacker
by DanielShir 15y ago
One of the main points that caught my eye while reading this was the fact that the author mentioned that Perl programmers love their language.
As a Perl hacker, I couldn't agree more, and that's the main point I guess. Sure, CPAN is awesome (there is even a module for controlling USB rocket launchers - http://search.cpan.org/~pen/Device-USB-MissileLauncher-RocketBaby-1.01/lib/Device/USB/MissileLauncher/RocketBaby.pm http://search.cpan.org/~pen/Device-USB-MissileLauncher-Rocke...) and everything is open source, but the thing I love most about Perl is the fact that thought is translated into code very quickly and naturally. Something just clicks and feels right.
I suppose that's why despite being fluent in several languages, I always come back to it.
- ominous_prime 15y agoI think this issue is where a lot of the schism comes from - not everyone's thoughts translate well into perl. I've tried to "get" perl a few times, and I also get tasked with maintaining legacy perl code from time to time. Perl is the only language I can't readily use without a few books and perldoc.perl.org handy. It just doesn't fit my brain - yet I can jump around in other languages with little trouble. Maybe it's just me, but I imagine that there's others that have a similar dissonance with the language.
- Mithaldu 15y agoSometimes it takes a while to click. I abhorred `map` for the longest time, but nowadays i use it everywhere; since i read the SICP and suddenly grokked them.
- Peaker 15y agoWe shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us. -- Marshall_McLuhan It's not that Perl makes it natural for people to express their thoughts. It's simply that your mind was trained to think in Perl.