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Re: Some Help for a Report About Perlby soonix (Canon) |
on Nov 02, 2017 at 06:37 UTC ( [id://1202573]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
One distinguishing trait of Perl (I think this is unique in programming languages) is that Perl has context. Upon my first encounter with Perl (coming from languages with "context-free" grammars) I thought this were a design flaw, but it is intentional - Perl is designed after natural languages - and some of the advantages are described by chromatic in his book. The linked chapter also contains information on other points that make Perl stand out.
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