Yeah… the Perlprogrammiererkonzentrationslager thing was not an isolated incident. And I personally prefer childish over menacing.
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As far as the Python community goes, it's not normal I know but it's also not much of an outlier. It's almost like an elementary school yard sometimes. If you say, "I use Perl!" and the person you're talking to tries to humiliate you for it, you know what language they prefer without another word.
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> Someone actually said that.
I found this some years ago. You can still find the discussion in our archives.°
I showed it to a Pythonista friend, who is now teaching machine learning at University.
His reaction was "Great! Where can I buy the t-shirt ..."
°) 2015 Re^2: I want you to convince me to learn Perl
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