From 4b819642d765317a6f691a21edf0715525275b95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Buetow Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2022 11:10:34 +0200 Subject: Update content for gemtext --- gemfeed/atom.xml | 12 ++++++++---- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'gemfeed/atom.xml') diff --git a/gemfeed/atom.xml b/gemfeed/atom.xml index 459186f9..ceda3dfb 100644 --- a/gemfeed/atom.xml +++ b/gemfeed/atom.xml @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ - 2022-12-08T10:53:54+02:00 + 2022-12-08T11:10:31+02:00 foo.zone feed To be in the .zone! @@ -1455,13 +1455,17 @@ v = 008 [v = p*c*(s != c ? 2 : 1)] Total logical CPUs Perl (the Practical Extraction and Report Language) is a battle-tested, mature, multi-paradigm dynamic programming language. Note that it's not called PERL, neither P.E.R.L. nor Pearl. 'Perl' is the name of the language and 'perl' the name of the interpreter or the interpreter command.. .....to read on please visit my site.
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Perl is still a great choice

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Perl is still a great choice

Published by Paul at 2022-05-27 09:50:12 GMT, Comic source: XKCD


Perl (the Practical Extraction and Report Language) is a battle-tested, mature, multi-paradigm dynamic programming language. Note that it's not called PERL, neither P.E.R.L. nor Pearl. "Perl" is the name of the language and perl the name of the interpreter or the interpreter command.

Unfortunately (it makes me sad), Perl's popularity has been declining over the last years as Google trends shows:


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So why is that? Once the de-facto standard super-glue language for the web nowadays seems to have a bad repetition. Often, people state:

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So why is that? Once the de-facto standard super-glue language for the web nowadays seems to have a bad reputation. Often, people state:

  • Perl is a write-only language. Nobody can read Perl code.
  • Perl? Isn't it abandoned? It's still at version 5!
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    The OpenBSD Operating System
    Why does OpenBSD still include Perl in its base installation?
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    The renaming of Perl 6 to Raku has now opened the door for a future Perl 7. As far as I understand, Perl 7 will be Perl 5 but with modern features enabled by default (e.g. pragmas use strict;, use warnings;, use signatures; and so on. Also, the hope is that a Perl 7 with modern standards will attract more beginners. There aren't many Perl jobs out there nowadays. That's mostly due to Perl's bad (bad for no real reasons) repetition.

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    The renaming of Perl 6 to Raku has now opened the door for a future Perl 7. As far as I understand, Perl 7 will be Perl 5 but with modern features enabled by default (e.g. pragmas use strict;, use warnings;, use signatures; and so on. Also, the hope is that a Perl 7 with modern standards will attract more beginners. There aren't many Perl jobs out there nowadays. That's mostly due to Perl's bad (bad for no real reasons) reputation.

    Announcing Perl 7
    What happened to Perl 7? (maybe have to use "use v7;")

    Why use Perl as there are better alternatives?

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