"I don't think of myself as a Perl Programmer..."
"Larry Wall is a great example that supports my point. He is impertinent. He is persistent. ..."

Interesting... in Use Perl; (YAPSE NA2005) Larry Wall on Perl Larry talks a little about language advocacy; Some of his points are
* I do not take a parsisan view of these things
* Most language designers are not so partisan of their own language as their followers
* Keeping scores (is) not really what it's about
* Helping people get their jobs done and have fun doing it, is what's it's about

Sure Larry and a core of talented Perl programmers are investing a lot these days in the continued development of Perl, but this is also an indication that currently Perl 5 is not THE answer to every programming task.

Best regards
Allan Dystrup

In reply to Re: But I WANT to do everything in Perl! by ady
in thread But I WANT to do everything in Perl! by InfiniteSilence

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