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Why I (still) Love Perl

http://allisonrandal.com/2013/03/31/mythbusters-why-i-still-love-perl/

by perlito • 13 years ago

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crazydiamond• 13 years ago

Nice article about perl and its history, and Rakudo, but still doesn't explain why author loves perl.

chromatic• 13 years ago

Allison buried it in the middle somewhat, but she explained:

I’ve recently had the opportunity to help a wildly successful startup, in a domain that sorely needs the advantages of modern tech. Perl is the right tool for the job. If I explained the problem space you’d agree, even if Perl isn’t your favorite language. Perl is the right tool for a lot of jobs, all over the world, right now, stable and reliable, in production, with massive numbers of lines of code.

I can confirm everything she wrote about that startup.

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