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Re^2: The Future of Perl 5

by LanX (Saint)
on Aug 19, 2018 at 12:19 UTC ( [id://1220626]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: The Future of Perl 5
in thread The Future of Perl 5

For me the more interesting question is, why people consider ksh (or bash) more readable than Perl?

Cheers Rolf
(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
Wikisyntax for the Monastery FootballPerl is like chess, only without the dice

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Re^3: The Future of Perl 5
by afoken (Chancellor) on Aug 19, 2018 at 12:36 UTC
      That's only half the answer.

      Why are they used to ksh? :)

      Cheers Rolf
      (addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
      Wikisyntax for the Monastery FootballPerl is like chess, only without the dice

        Why are they used to ksh? :)

        Because at some point in time, it seemed to be the only usable tool?

        Quoting the sig of roboticus: When your only tool is a hammer, all problems look like your thumb.

        I vaguely remember one of my profs claiming that ksh was the only portable shell, because it was standardised. Well, we continued to write bash and perl scripts.

        Alexander

        --
        Today I will gladly share my knowledge and experience, for there are no sweeter words than "I told you so". ;-)
        AIX background. KSH is the de-facto shell. You have to install ksh93 or bash to get something more modern (to use arrays and such).

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