Re^5: Google considers Perl a useful skill

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Re^6: Google considers Perl a useful skill by eyepopslikeamosquito (Archbishop) on Oct 12, 2022 at 22:40 UTC
Yes Bod, I noticed your curious phenomenon while working among programmers hired primarily for C++. For years, one chap kept telling everyone how much he loved Python and hated Perl ... until our coding standards were finally updated to permit Python scripts to be written, in addition to Perl. After recently learning Python myself, I eagerly joined the code review of our Python lover's new script to see what I could learn ... and was flabbergasted to find myself pointing out embarrassing blunders in his code! :) ... you see, it turned out he "loved" Python and "hated" Perl based mostly on hearsay, not personal experience. He'd never written a Perl script in his life and his Python skills were mediocre. BTW, Stroustrup noticed similar bigotry towards C++: "twice as many people claimed to hate C++ as had ever written even a single small C++ program".	[reply]
Re^7: Google considers Perl a useful skill by LanX (Saint) on Oct 12, 2022 at 23:11 UTC
Now I'm wondering how many Perl programmers might have badmouthed PHP based mostly on hearsay... ;-) Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the 𐍀𐌴𐍂𐌻 Programming Language :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery} PS: Hint: at least me once or twice...	[reply]
Re^8: Google considers Perl a useful skill by GrandFather (Saint) on Oct 12, 2022 at 23:55 UTC
I heard a lot of anti PHP sentiment before I had any real encounter with PHP. After using PHP for a little (a few thousand lines of code maybe) I realised that all the bad mouthing I'd heard was actually quite reserved and PHP is much worse than its rep! Maybe the people bad mouthing PHP haven't actually used it? Optimising for fewest key strokes only makes sense transmitting to Pluto or beyond	[reply]
Re^8: Google considers Perl a useful skill by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Oct 13, 2022 at 01:09 UTC
It was pretty early on but I was dead shocked at how low the quality of the popular PHP libraries was back in the day compared to CPAN stuff. It wasn’t just the schitzo function naming and such, the ecosphere was trash. WordPress made IE look like it was on top of security.	[reply]
Re^9: Google considers Perl a useful skill by afoken (Chancellor) on Oct 13, 2022 at 09:17 UTC
Re^10: Google considers Perl a useful skill by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Oct 13, 2022 at 14:15 UTC
Re^9: Google considers Perl a useful skill by LanX (Saint) on Oct 13, 2022 at 13:12 UTC
Re^10: Google considers Perl a useful skill by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Oct 13, 2022 at 14:16 UTC
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Re^8: Google considers Perl a useful skill by eyepopslikeamosquito (Archbishop) on Oct 12, 2022 at 23:59 UTC
Ha ha! Is that directed at me?! :) Partially guilty I suppose because I've never written a production PHP program. After learning PHP for code golf, I remember being shocked while trawling through 3000 verbose, and often appallingly inconsistent, built-in functions. I may also have been influenced by a "PHP training wheels without the bike" web site back then. Though I've never written a production PHP program, I hope my perfect record in PHP golf competitions (3 victories from 3 games) gives some credibility to my PHP badmouthing. :)	[reply]
Re^9: Google considers Perl a useful skill by LanX (Saint) on Oct 13, 2022 at 10:21 UTC


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