in reply to Keeping perl credible in the eyes of the world..

That is a term I've learned just recently and it names a whole phenomenon that partially explains the bad reputation of scripting languages. A good page on it is at: Handicap Principle
because use of Java and the extra effort it requires is a filter which removes all but the cleverest and most hardworking programmers

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Re: Handicap principle
by DrHyde (Prior) on Jun 29, 2004 at 08:03 UTC
    It certainly removes a lot of the cleverest programmers. In many cases because they don't want to have to work harder than they need to.
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