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I think the article is a little bit harsh on Perl. Ruby (1995) and Python (1993) wouldn't probably exist without Perl (1987). Hence IMHO it's just a sort of evo

by atmosx 12y ago

I think the article is a little bit harsh on Perl. Ruby (1995) and Python (1993) wouldn't probably exist without Perl (1987). Hence IMHO it's just a sort of evolution, nothing more. The other two languages learned from Perl's mistakes and were better designed.