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Why hate on Perl? I used to get snotty comments from people opining about how awful Perl was and how great python etc was. The funny thing when it was time to
by Spooky23 3y ago
Why hate on Perl?
I used to get snotty comments from people opining about how awful Perl was and how great python etc was.
The funny thing when it was time to get something done, I’d be finished by the time they hacked together whatever python dependency shitshow they were buried in.
Perl’s time is in the past, but I wrote a ton of it, and some is still running in production in a few places 20+ years later.
- echelon 3y agoIt's just some lighthearted snark. No offense meant. I needed a point of reference for the analogy. If I'd mentioned PHP instead, people would have come out of the woodwork and vigorously protested. I figured there wouldn't be many Perl fans left. (Still tongue in cheek.)