From dd7d6e3283cd82f726652851def0cef84b0d7398 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Buetow Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2022 13:09:53 +0200 Subject: Update content for html --- gemfeed/2022-05-27-perl-is-still-a-great-choice.html | 7 ------- gemfeed/atom.xml | 11 ----------- 2 files changed, 18 deletions(-) (limited to 'gemfeed') diff --git a/gemfeed/2022-05-27-perl-is-still-a-great-choice.html b/gemfeed/2022-05-27-perl-is-still-a-great-choice.html index 14204e64..ab0240b3 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2022-05-27-perl-is-still-a-great-choice.html +++ b/gemfeed/2022-05-27-perl-is-still-a-great-choice.html @@ -9,11 +9,7 @@

Perl is still a great choice

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Published by Paul at 2022-05-27, last updated at 2022-12-10 Comic source: XKCD

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

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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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Why does OpenBSD still include Perl in its base installation?

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.

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Update 2022-12-10: A reader pointed out, that use v5.36; already turns strict, warnings and signatures pragmas automatically on!

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

Update 2022-12-10: A reader pointed out, that Perl 7 needs to provide a big improvement to earn and keep the attention for a major version bump.

diff --git a/gemfeed/atom.xml b/gemfeed/atom.xml index c1de19ee..80ce7de9 100644 --- a/gemfeed/atom.xml +++ b/gemfeed/atom.xml @@ -1,10 +1,6 @@ -<<<<<<< HEAD 2022-12-10T13:06:19+02:00 -======= - 2022-12-08T11:10:37+02:00 ->>>>>>> 344c44a6a40e8e5a3073cc1cb3f3a64627188c73 foo.zone feed To be in the .zone! @@ -1460,11 +1456,7 @@ v = 008 [v = p*c*(s != c ? 2 : 1)] Total logical CPUs

Perl is still a great choice

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Published by Paul at 2022-05-27, last updated at 2022-12-10 Comic source: XKCD

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

->>>>>>> 344c44a6a40e8e5a3073cc1cb3f3a64627188c73

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:

@@ -1509,10 +1501,7 @@ v = 008 [v = p*c*(s != c ? 2 : 1)] Total logical CPUs The OpenBSD Operating System
Why does OpenBSD still include Perl in its base installation?

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.

-<<<<<<< HEAD

Update 2022-12-10: A reader pointed out, that use v5.36; already turns strict, warnings and signatures pragmas automatically on!

-======= ->>>>>>> 344c44a6a40e8e5a3073cc1cb3f3a64627188c73 Announcing Perl 7
What happened to Perl 7? (maybe have to use use v7;)

Update 2022-12-10: A reader pointed out, that Perl 7 needs to provide a big improvement to earn and keep the attention for a major version bump.

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