Re^2: Working in parallel

“Show off...” ;-)

Naww, seriously... that's what I love about Perl. You can describe this big, hairy-looking task, and then “just whip it out” in a few dozen lines.

Now, I’ll happily spend the next hour or so poring over what you just wrote.

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Re^3: Working in parallel by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Aug 21, 2010 at 01:03 UTC
that's what I love about Perl. You can describe this big, hairy-looking task, and then “just whip it out” in a few dozen lines. Ditto. That is as good a description of what is good about Perl as I seen in a long time. It's just a shame that so many people want to turn it into Java; in the interests of "modernity".	[reply]
Re^4: Working in parallel by locked_user sundialsvc4 (Abbot) on Aug 25, 2010 at 03:46 UTC
Well, we shall see what actually happens. On the one hand, “that’s how the art always advances.” On the other, despite the best of intentions, the process of reaching that critical mass ... well, it’s very hit-and-miss. Seem to be a lot of good programmers working on it, though. We’ll see.