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Perl is a beautiful language. It’s fast. It’s stable. It’s expressive. What I really miss working with other languages is Perl’s documentation. Bigots gonna bi
by gbacon 3y ago
Perl is a beautiful language. It’s fast. It’s stable. It’s expressive. What I really miss working with other languages is Perl’s documentation.
Bigots gonna bigot. Perl is an unorthodox language; Larry would probably prefer eclectic. It’s tough being the different kid. As paulg wrote, “The superficial demands of orthodoxy make it an inexpensive substitute for virtue. And that in turn is one of the reasons orthodoxy is so attractive to bad people. You could be a horrible person, and yet as long as you’re orthodox, you’re better than everyone who isn’t.”
- fuzztester 3y ago>As paulg wrote, Wow, interesting quote. I agree with it. We see such behaviour all the time in people. Do you remember where you read it? Was it in one of his essays or tweets? I would like to read the original, with context, if any.
- com 3y agoIt looks like a fairly recent post addressing some uncomfortable cultural and political trends: https://www.paulgraham.com/heresy.html https://www.paulgraham.com/heresy.html
- fuzztester 3y agoThanks, will check that out.