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I had to check the year on the article - "He’s the creator of Perl, a programming language that’s widely regarded as the glue holding the internet together" was
by logicallee 11y ago
I had to check the year on the article - "He’s the creator of Perl, a programming language that’s widely regarded as the glue holding the internet together" was arguably true in 1999 - 16 years ago.
- eli 11y agoI get what you're saying, but if Perl magically stopped running today I think there's a legit chance the Internet would cease functioning.
- to3m 11y agoAnd in a printed magazine as well...
- davidgerard 11y agoThink of it as the COBOL of the Internet. Nobody wants to think about it, but it sustains so much.
- visarga 11y agoAnd by nobody we mean still lots of people who use it and love it. I know I am not alone.
- davidgerard 11y agoYes. Nobody hip, just everyone else ;-)