brtastic

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   by brtastic 1y ago

   Yes. Perl will give you incredible power and you will have a lot of fun in the process. First and foremost, it is great for writing scripts. It is much more civilized and faster than bash. If your script does anything more than calling a co
2. 2.▲
   by brtastic 2y ago

   If it allows you to be productive and fits the way you think, why not use it? And what is your metric for "being better"?
3. 3.▲
   by brtastic 2y ago

   I'm not old, I know other things. Still, I use Perl.
4. 4.▲
   by brtastic 5y ago

   The tool analogy is flawed. Languages that move fast and break backward compatibility are tools, but organic. If you leave them in your toolbox for too long they start to rot. This does not apply to those languages that do not get updated (
5. 5.▲
   by brtastic 5y ago

   You can, but you don't have to. With some self discipline, Perl can be very readable. The only problem is that actually requires skill and agreement in development team. Perl Best Practices helps with that.