The majority of replies to this node seem to be from people leaping to the defence of Perl. Is this really necessary? We all understand the power and utility of Perl and in comparison the criticisms made in the article were fairly mild.

Aaron Weiss' article is only one part of a long tutorial that the author has been publishing for almost a year. Why did this one generate so much friction?

People who believes "Perl, Right or Wrong" should read Mark-Jason Dominus' article Why I Hate Advocacy.*

Again, the criticisms were mild. The article is an opportunity to consider another point of view and then get on with what you were doing before.

John.
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*The "someone" mentioned in the article who "showed up in comp.lang.perl.misc" is a well-known Perl Monk

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