"Modern programming" actually refers to programming from the 1800 to late 1900s. For programming that relates to today's world please use "Contemporary programming" or "post-modern programming"
Perl, the first postmodern computer language

Perl, the first postmodern computer language The following is the text of Larry Wall's talk at Linux World on Wednesday, March 3.   He explains why Perl is a fitting language for the postmodern era.  As a member of the audience...

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