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I was merely pointing out that each language has things that are easier to do. Also I find I need to assign default values to variables more often than I need to include the entire contents of a file into a var -- which is not a good idea on large files anyway.

personally, I use perl, ruby, O'Caml, scheme, and C. Each is better for certain tasks.

But perl is no mere hammer, it is a swiss army chainsaw. You want to do something? Chances are you can do it in perl.

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Re^9: Another prediction of Perl's demise
by apotheon (Deacon) on Nov 29, 2004 at 09:34 UTC

    Any Turing-equivalent language can do anything any other Turing-equivalent language can do, generally speaking. What makes Perl so powerful is that it can do most anything with a fair amount of (relative) ease.

    In any case, my point was in large part simply that you should choose the right language for the job at hand.

    - apotheon
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