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i disagree, python is Just Better. ive never used perl but ive had to install it due to some antique tools requiring it, and every time its been an incomprehens

i disagree, python is Just Better. ive never used perl but ive had to install it due to some antique tools requiring it, and every time its been an incomprehensible mess. i still have no idea how packages work in perl. also, it seems like everything in perl is a string? and the syntax looks like a mess. maybe its painful for guys to admit that languages could be a lot better designed, and when such langauges appeared, everyone flocked to them.

oncallthrow 10mo ago
> also, it seems like everything in perl is a string? It's actually somehow even worse than this. The Perl type system is honestly ridiculous. Most veteran Perl developers don't fully understand it. https://blogs.perl.org/users/leon_timmermans/2025/02/a-deep-dive-into-the-perl-type-systems.html https://blogs.perl.org/users/leon_timmermans/2025/02/a-deep-... is a good introduction.