in reply to More Perl

A few suggested reasons

  • perl is easy to learn the basics of, but there's always more to learn
  • it allows you to use the same language to knock up an admin fix, or write an app
  • for any given job, there's usually a CPAN module that will help - no charge
  • there's a strong, enthusiastic and cohesive community (right here for example)
  • the documentation conventions make docs generally easy to follow and understand
  • perl being a slightly quirky language in design terms, its unique and it appeals to people in a way no other programming language does

    • Perl is the computer users swiss army knife - the posidrive screwdriver blade might not be as good as a freshly charged Makita cordless with a #2 phillips bit, but it does the job without any fuss when you need it to; saving you time, money and effort.

    Plus its fun. Golf can be played in any language - my dad used to play it in the 1960's on punchcard based mainframes. But obfu's?

    (but seriously...) IMHO, because perl is based on natural language principles (same link as above) and hence TIMTOWTDI, it allows more scope for self expression than any other programming language - thats what makes it fun.

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    Re^2: More Perl
    by Roy Johnson (Monsignor) on Mar 09, 2005 at 17:14 UTC
      Perl is the computer users swiss army knife
      Make that Swiss army chainsaw.
      Caution: Contents may have been coded under pressure.
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