If programming languages were movie genres, Perl would be:

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Re: If programming languages were movie genres, Perl would be: by Discipulus (Canon) on May 02, 2020 at 09:38 UTC
Thriller: Perl is a very dense language as dense of events a thriller has to be. Perl is so concise to be similar to a short thriller movie, worth the Oscar in its category ;) In my bibliotheca I maintain a section dedicated to fun, which contains: just for fun (please do not feel offended, humor is humor..): if programming laguages were religions or cars other cars or ~~car pictures~~ or women or boats or drinks or bands or philosophers or natural language? L* There are no rules, there are no thumbs.. Reinvent the wheel, then learn The Wheel; may be one day you reinvent one of THE WHEELS.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: If programming languages were movie genres, Perl would be: by perldigious (Priest) on May 01, 2020 at 13:22 UTC
Adult: "Baby, I'd like say that you have such fine methods with such nice curves around your parameters that you have my arrow notation pointed straight at them, but you're way too classy for that sort of objectification." :-) Just another Perl hooker - My clients appreciate that I keep my code clean but my comments dirty.	[reply]
Re: If programming languages were movie genres, Perl would be: by Perlbotics (Bishop) on May 01, 2020 at 18:12 UTC
Documentary. A kind of Woodstock-like hippie report.	[reply]
Re: If programming languages were movie genres, Perl would be: by CountZero (Bishop) on May 13, 2020 at 11:13 UTC
There is so much magic going on that it must be some kind of High Fantasy genre of movie. CountZero A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James My blog: Imperial Deltronics	[reply]
Re: If programming languages were movie genres, Perl would be: by Utilitarian (Vicar) on May 12, 2020 at 09:58 UTC
Mystery, intricate plotting obvious once it's all over relies heavily on knowledge of what's gone before `print "Good ",qw(night morning afternoon evening)[(localtime)[2]/6]," fellow monks."`	[reply] [d/l]
Re: If programming languages were movie genres, Perl would be: by GrandFather (Saint) on May 13, 2020 at 06:10 UTC
All the above: TIMTOWTDI Optimising for fewest key strokes only makes sense transmitting to Pluto or beyond	[reply]
Re^2: If programming languages were movie genres, Perl would be: by Tux (Canon) on May 13, 2020 at 06:34 UTC
All at the same time or all some time or another? I admit sometimes perl is a drama (altering perl4 code to deal with Unicode) sometimes it is comics (deciphering Golf), sometimes romance (love at first sight), sometimes documentary (an extract of useful data from a complicated logfile), sometimes infomercial (a graph of Covid19), sometimes a detective (digging for a Heisenbug), sometimes a thriller (will it be done in time) and so on and so on. But it is most often FUN! Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn	[reply]
Re^2: If programming languages were movie genres, Perl would be: by glycine (Sexton) on May 25, 2020 at 09:27 UTC
Amazing explaination, "Which one can reprensent TIMTODAY?" "All."	[reply]
Re: If programming languages were movie genres, Perl would be: by Ratazong (Monsignor) on May 01, 2020 at 21:56 UTC
Horror - or Zombies: try to explain that stereotype bus with schoolkids the Schwarzian Transfomation ;-)	[reply]
Re: If programming languages were movie genres, Perl would be: by QM (Parson) on May 05, 2020 at 12:00 UTC
Left out: Musical Documentary Propaganda Educational Infomercial Reality Competition Religious Nature DIY Science Serial Soap Opera Musical Performance Stage Play Sports -QM -- Quantum Mechanics: The dreams stuff is made of	[reply]
Re^2: If programming languages were movie genres, Perl would be: by hippo (Bishop) on May 05, 2020 at 14:10 UTC
Infomercial Coming soon to a cinema near you ... the blockbuster event of the summer ... it's HARRY POTTER AND THE SURPRISINGLY AFFORDABLE VACUUM CLEANER	[reply]
Re^3: If programming languages were movie genres, Perl would be: by QM (Parson) on May 07, 2020 at 13:37 UTC
HARRY POTTER AND THE SURPRISINGLY AFFORDABLE VACUUM CLEANER You say that facetiously, perhaps, but I know of a startup whose goal isn't far from that mark, including retro-active product placement. Given the current lockdown and streaming context... -QM -- Quantum Mechanics: The dreams stuff is made of	[reply]
Re^3: If programming languages were movie genres, Perl would be: by Fletch (Bishop) on May 05, 2020 at 19:22 UTC
There's the obvious Perl-FlexTape possibilities, too . . . The cake is a lie. The cake is a lie. The cake is a lie.	[reply]
Re: If programming languages were movie genres, Perl would be: by Lady_Aleena (Priest) on May 23, 2020 at 00:47 UTC
Adventure fantasy where one must look for the components of the magic item in various mystical places and pass challenges in some cases. Invariably some of what is needed has to be created. Each time, it is an epic quest. My OS is Debian 10 (Buster); my perl version is 5.28.1. *No matter how hysterical I get, my problems are not time sensitive. So, relax, have a cookie, and a very nice day!* Lady Aleena	[reply]
Re: If programming languages were movie genres, Perl would be: by karlgoethebier (Abbot) on May 04, 2020 at 08:29 UTC
チャンバラ �The Crux of the Biscuit is the Apostrophe� `perl -MCrypt::CBC -E 'say Crypt::CBC->new(-key=>'kgb',-cipher=>"Blowfish")->decrypt_hex($ENV{KARL});'`Help	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: If programming languages were movie genres, Perl would be: by perldigious (Priest) on May 06, 2020 at 15:38 UTC
I'm a bit of a junkie when it comes to older American/Italian Westerns and older Japanese Samurai movies, I watch so many of them that they sort of blur together after awhile and I have trouble even remembering the exact titles. Most modern ones tend to fall kind of short in my opinion... I guess my take is that as production value and movie making technology increased, the actual plot and storytelling declined. That said, I really enjoyed the fairly recently made When the Last Sword is Drawn. There are some cultural specific aspects that will likely seem awkward to non-Japanese audiences, but if anyone is a fan of such movies I'd highly recommend checking it out. Just another Perl hooker - My clients appreciate that I keep my code clean but my comments dirty.	[reply]
Re^3: If programming languages were movie genres, Perl would be: by 1nickt (Canon) on May 06, 2020 at 16:45 UTC
There is only Ichi-san for me :-) The way forward always starts with a minimal test.	[reply]
Re^4: If programming languages were movie genres, Perl would be: by perldigious (Priest) on May 06, 2020 at 18:14 UTC
Re^5: If programming languages were movie genres, Perl would be: by LanX (Saint) on May 07, 2020 at 10:52 UTC


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