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in reply to Re^3: If Perl 5 were to become Perl 7, what (backward-compatible) features would you want to see?
in thread If Perl 5 were to become Perl 7, what (backward-compatible) features would you want to see?

stevieb wrote:

I was in a job interview just this week where my interviewer stated "you dealt with Python 2-3 phase? That's crazy, we're still dealing with it now". That was beyond the silly parens after a print statement.

I was at my job a few weeks ago working on a project where I'm the expert on scripting bulk changes in a certain modeling software when a non-programming project manager asked me if Perl is obsolete and why don't I use Python. The upgrade must not have done all that much damage to Python.

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Re^5: If Perl 5 were to become Perl 7, what (backward-compatible) features would you want to see?
by Anonymous Monk on Oct 23, 2019 at 06:45 UTC
    a non-programming project manager asked me if Perl is obsolete and why don't I use Python

    Brainwashed people say the strangest things!