Yeah, but Perl sucks the least. Java started off as the most un-sucky language, but by 2004 Perl only sucked in 2.08% of the hits, which is better than both Java and Python!

        Jan-00  Jan-01  Jan-02  Jan-03  Jan-04
Total Hits                    
Perl    10,800  13,800  15,000  18,500  32,000 
Python   3,900   6,920   8,820  10,700  25,500 
Java    33,600  37,800  45,200  55,300 102,000 
                    
Hits with the word "Suck"
Perl      90     320     396     466     665
Python    49     146     313     331     604
Java     198     339     702     847    2250
                    
Suck %                    
Perl    0.83    2.32    2.64    2.52    2.08
Python  1.26    2.11    3.55    3.09    2.37
Java    0.59    0.90    1.55    1.53    2.21

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