FastmailWhy 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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selje 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇳🇴 🇮🇪Best data munging language I have ever used, programmed in perl for 17 years.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
@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 :)