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 (DIR) Post #B6dNT3qBj7HRcrcv68 by m3tti@functional.cafe
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       So after 1 - 2 weeks doing a lot of #perl i don't get why people say write once language? Its not more ugly than lets say #python or #php or even #js. It's diffrent but in no means ugly or harder than other languages. What do i miss? Yeah i get people obsest with writing the smallest code can write pretty awefull onliners but on the other side its like an hiku or a small poem and by no means you should use that in production or in big applications. You dont use a poem to write a book right?
       
 (DIR) Post #B6dOASjV3PsLHOC4mG by icedquinn@blob.cat
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       @m3tti its just kind of inconsistent and a lot of sigils. larry even says there is no perl spec just a bag of unit tests and whatever passes the tests must be a perl.it got better over the years in perl 5 and raku is pretty consistent and well specified but raku (perl 6) has also sort of been pushed to the sidelines and perl still has the reputation from the old days. (that and sometimes when to use a reference or not can be silly)