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Why don't you hear about Perl in the headlines? Because it works. And keeps working. Sometimes the best technology is the most boring.

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Feb 5 at 3:36amWeb
Show threadMorganFeb 5
@fastmail also, re-writing your entire stack just because a fancy new shiny thing over there is made is a terrible engineering choice. Why throw away all the work it took to sort out the product just to reintroduce the one line bugs you battled with.
Show threadAdrian Feb 5

@cereal_cable

I'll go further: usually the best technology is the boring one.

@fastmail

Show threadselje 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇳🇴 🇮🇪Feb 5

@fastmail

Best data munging language I have ever used, programmed in perl for 17 years.
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Show threadBonkersFeb 5
@fastmail @selje my first open source project is 25yo now, and it still works :)
Show threadselje 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇳🇴 🇮🇪Feb 5
@bonkers @fastmail
I used it in so many ways,
munging binary data streams, lexing and parsing domain specific languages (basically a compiler) , to web and database development. So thankful to all the contributors to CPAN over the years as well as the many great authors of perl books. It was also a great stepping stone into many other languages I learned over the years.
Show threadBonkersFeb 5
@fastmail @selje yep, I keep using Perl pretty actively at my job.
Show threadBonkersFeb 5
@fastmail @selje also, successfully avoiding Python through all these years :))
Show threadselje 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇳🇴 🇮🇪Feb 5
@bonkers @fastmail
I remember reading a quote from Guido Van Rossum that if perl had been ported to run on the Amoeba operating system he may never have written Python. But the rest is history and Python is an excellent language. I have only dabbled in it but they early on adopted a CPAN like repository with PyPI.org. Like perl it can have somewhat of a cult following. I say that in the best way possible. Lately I have been dabbling in Rust.
Anyway it is good to see that perl is still alive.
Show threadBonkersFeb 5

@fastmail @selje yeah, Python is a decent language. I just never felt motivated to learn it, as I could do everything in Perl or C/C++. If I ever touch the machine learning topic, I guess I'll have to deal with python anyway.

Also, wrote one small project in Rust, and managed to read a half of the book :)

Show threadselje 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇳🇴 🇮🇪Feb 13
@bonkers @fastmail
Congrats on the Rust. I'm still struggling to get through the tool chain setup... 🙄
Show threadBonkersFeb 13
@selje @fastmail why? It's just one command in Linux shell
Show threadselje 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇳🇴 🇮🇪Feb 13

@bonkers @fastmail

Setting up Nvim, Cargo, etc on tumbleweed

Show threadBonkersFeb 13
@selje @fastmail ok, two commands :)
Show threadArsalan ZaidiFeb 5

@fastmail

"Perl? Now that's a name I've not heard in a long time... a long time"

Show threadgoedelchenFeb 5
@fastmail The hashtag is Pe*a*rl?
Show threadDeborah PickettFeb 5
@fastmail I wrote some Perl today! Still unparalleled for bodging stuff together.
Show threadSteven Op de beeckFeb 5
@siracusa if this doesn’t get you to switch from Google to Fastmail, nothing will. 😉 @atpfm
Show threadJemmaFeb 5
@stevenodb @siracusa @atpfm come for the Perl, stay for the excellent email service. 🤣
Show threadEllen BakkerFeb 6
@fastmail Why have I never heard of it and no idea what it is?
Show threadRegionales Retro-RechenzentrumFeb 6
@fastmail @ajnn Tcl, too!