Hah! Finally a coder who likes perl. I only know perl and c (and some legacy languages), so it's annoying as heck to hear people talk about how lame perl is (preferring Python, or even Minx, whatever that is).
But I don't get it! Did you forget to initiate your god or your hoh?
I code almost exclusively in perl. I just love pounding out quick and dirty code, and I *love* making my scripts smaller by using shortcuts and piggybacking functions. Never was big on the whole compiled language thing ever since it took me 2 hours to discover I had a } where I should have had a ], and the compiler was no help of course...
Perl is teh awesome. Python is supposed to be perl-like, but nothing will replace my affection for perl. :)
btw, I hate it most when a new language *cough*ruby*cough* comes out and everyone is so quick to say it's better faster stronger than perl and all perl scripts must be translated immediately.
Yeah, right. When that new-fangled language attains the same level ubiquity perl has, then we'll talk...
Lol, thanks for the laugh.
ReplyDeleteHah! Finally a coder who likes perl. I only know perl and c (and some legacy languages), so it's annoying as heck to hear people talk about how lame perl is (preferring Python, or even Minx, whatever that is).
ReplyDeleteBut I don't get it! Did you forget to initiate your god or your hoh?
I code almost exclusively in perl. I just love pounding out quick and dirty code, and I *love* making my scripts smaller by using shortcuts and piggybacking functions. Never was big on the whole compiled language thing ever since it took me 2 hours to discover I had a } where I should have had a ], and the compiler was no help of course...
ReplyDeletePerl is teh awesome. Python is supposed to be perl-like, but nothing will replace my affection for perl. :)
btw, I hate it most when a new language *cough*ruby*cough* comes out and everyone is so quick to say it's better faster stronger than perl and all perl scripts must be translated immediately.
ReplyDeleteYeah, right. When that new-fangled language attains the same level ubiquity perl has, then we'll talk...
oh yeah, (again) that code works, it's just tough to wrap your head around. :)
ReplyDeletedo ($this) || die "in horrific pain\n";
ReplyDeleteThat's the edict I'd lay out to my butlers and maids, if I had butlers and maids. Could that be why I have no butlers or maids?
YES! Ruby is the other one. Don't know it. Never will know it. Could care less. Much less.