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Many, perhaps most ISPs in the 90s were built out of Perl, including my own. Like any language, there is a world of difference between a codebase written by an
by nickdothutton 3y ago
Many, perhaps most ISPs in the 90s were built out of Perl, including my own. Like any language, there is a world of difference between a codebase written by an experienced, thoughtful, veteran, and something just cranked out by a 1st year student (as we all were once, myself included!). I frequently see Perl described as “hard to read” yet have seen many beautifully written codebases that are a delight to maintain.
- rcarmo 3y agoAs someone who maintained Radiator (a RADIUS server) at a few places, I agree. That piece of software alone was enough justification for Perl to be used in critical scenarios, and as far as I know some of those instances are still running, decades after I left (obviously not the same machines or versions).