OK, here is yet another reply from someone who likes Perl a lot and uses it frequently for all sorts of projects (both privately and professionally).

When I started reading this post, I first thought it might be an interesting, insightful post that would offer some food for thought on when Perl would be the best solution to get a job done or when other languages might be prefurable, as well as some thoughts on style, maintainability and the like. I'm rather sad it turns out to be just flamebait, though - and it really seems to be just that, with claims like "Perl has been dead for years already" etc. that are then backed up with statements like "I worked for lots of big names" (implied: "so I know everything about programming, or at least more than you who reads this") instead of some actual facts.

You are entitled to your opinion, of course, and if you don't like Perl or don't want to use it for anything beyond simple scripts (if even that much), that's perfectly fine, but why do you come to a site dedicated to discussing Perl when you don't actually want to discuss anything? Just saying, in effect, "Perl sucks and if you don't agree, you're naive and / or a moron" is simply rude and serves no purpose. Really, I can understand why you posted this anonymously.

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mowgli

In reply to Re: Use Perl wisely, not cleverly by mowgli
in thread Use Perl wisely, not cleverly by Anonymous Monk

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