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Perl, for all its quirkiness, remains my favourite language - even though I've never done any professional work in it, and I took it up long after its glory day
by HeckFeck 3mo ago
Perl, for all its quirkiness, remains my favourite language - even though I've never done any professional work in it, and I took it up long after its glory days. A shame how it plummeted. It feels like "Unix, but as a scripting language!"
I've never been able to love Python, PHP, JS, Ruby or any other dynamic language the same way.
Maybe I would like Raku too, but I wonder if it's worth the effort - the languages are similar, and I already know all the quirks of one. A bit like learning Dutch after German?
- bw86 3mo agoRaku to me is like Esperanto: An absolutely beautiful idea that sadly is not used widely (or even known widely). And for both cases, I would love for things to be different, but since the alternatives (be it English or Java/Typescript/...) are deemed "good enough", chances are slim.
- holysantamaria 3mo agoEsperanto is not what I would qualify as a beautiful idea. It’s way too Romanic and sounds awful
- yomismoaqui 3mo ago> ... even though I've never done any professional work in it ... That's why you like it.