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I don't think comparing Perl to SQL quite works. There are currently plenty of other widely-used scripting languages that can do the same sort of thing that Per

I don't think comparing Perl to SQL quite works. There are currently plenty of other widely-used scripting languages that can do the same sort of thing that Perl does (if we consider it in the context of a general purpose scripting language rather than a sed/awk alternative), but the usage of SQL alternatives for querying relational databases is a rounding error.

mulmen 3y ago
It works because they both get shit on unfairly today. There’s still no substitute for either of them.
- Cyberdog 3y ago
  As I said above, there are dozens if not hundreds of substitutes for Perl (as a general-purpose scripting language) now.
  - cutler 3y ago
    For one-liners not quite so many. Only Ruby comes close.