I've been holding this in for quite some time, but here goes.

Every once in a while I read a flame war because of a thread like this, and It's becomming hard to follow.

In general, there is one rule of thumb - if you like it, you're probably going to use it.

At the bottom line, my opinion is that the forte is with the programmer's ability to understand the language, and use it well. If Perl's freedom gets to you, making you write sloppy code, maybe you should switch to Java. If you think C is too tedious for getting a job done, Perl sounds like the way to go. There are countless arguments such as these two, and all are legitimate.

My two cents is that you should just try the language, and see what it does to you. Perl is very nice in that it keeps many surprises hidden for you, and you grow into it. I prefer it for nearly any task and scenario. But this is because I find that it is the least limiting and time consuming for my style, and what I've had to do so far.

I don't think you'll have an easier time making up your mind about it by asking.

Update: . o O ( Why is the root node being downvoted? I think it's a perfectly legimate question. It's just that we get it often. If that's the reason, maybe you should point kiat to the Super Search page, or even to actual nodes. )

-nuffin
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In reply to Re: perl's forte by nothingmuch
in thread perl's forte by kiat

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