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Yep. The fact that 100% of the code I've written in Perl since the beginning of this century still works just fine year after year with each new release is an i
by wazoox 3y ago
Yep. The fact that 100% of the code I've written in Perl since the beginning of this century still works just fine year after year with each new release is an immense bonus. I have deployment scripts written on Debian 3 still running in cron "as is" 20 years later, zero maintenance. Try that with Python, PHP or Ruby...
- csdvrx 3y agoThat's what I liked about Windows too. I had to move to Linux, but with wine I know I will able able to use some binaries forever. If I write something that I plan to reuse or need again later, I will write it in perl
- SomeoneFromCA 3y agoYou may like Haiku, which maintains backwards compatibility with ancient beos while still being posix system. Never used it myself, just repeating what heard.