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I've replaced web applications initially written in C. I've had to deal with an HTTP request parser, written in C (that had bugs I wasn't allowed to fix).

And, in 20 years, you will be writing device drivers in Perl (or whatever is around). "There are some stunningly novel ideas in Perl" -- Paul Graham and The Hundred Year Language.

My criteria for good software:
  1. Does it work?
  2. Can someone else come in, make a change, and be reasonably certain no bugs were introduced?
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