in reply to Perl back in TIOBE top ten

Only 3 languages have a 20+ years of history of being in the top 10: Perl, C and C++.

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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

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