When did all the talk of Perl5 dying out begin? It must have been 15 years ago when Python arrived on the scene. Yet.... here we are, still the place of last resort where programmers come because their multi-gigabyte Microsoft Programming Pack didn't have a ready made simple solution. Perl5, was, and still is, the best swiss army knife of the programming world.
What prompted me to write this, is an article in the Perl Newsletter on how simple Perl makes it to connect to UPS and get tracking information. Not only does he solve the socket connection, he color codes the output for a better man-machine interface. terminal colors to convey information. Its articles like this, and further, that Perl5 has the ability to do that, is the reason Perl5 will never die! :-)
I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. ..... an animated JAPH
I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. ..... an animated JAPH
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Re: why Perl5 will never die
by zentara (Archbishop) on Oct 30, 2018 at 18:20 UTC | |
Re: why Perl5 will never die
by roho (Bishop) on Nov 02, 2018 at 11:49 UTC | |
by Arunbear (Prior) on Nov 02, 2018 at 15:25 UTC | |
by LanX (Saint) on Nov 02, 2018 at 15:31 UTC | |
Re: why Perl5 will never die
by Anonymous Monk on Oct 30, 2018 at 02:20 UTC | |
Re: why Perl5 will never die
by zentara (Archbishop) on Nov 04, 2018 at 12:34 UTC | |
by LanX (Saint) on Nov 04, 2018 at 12:41 UTC | |
Re: why Perl5 will never die
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Oct 30, 2018 at 19:48 UTC | |
by zentara (Archbishop) on Oct 31, 2018 at 12:17 UTC | |
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