Re: Why do people say 'Perl' is dead?!?!

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Re^2: Why do people say 'Perl' is dead?!?! by jdporter (Paladin) on Sep 12, 2012 at 13:56 UTC
Perl isn't a language its [sic] a program. Ah, you have it backwards. Perl is the language, `perl` is the program. See perlfaq1. Oh, wait — you said "Plus Perl". I don't know that language (or program). Sounds cool. Is there an ISO standard for Perl? a BNF grammar chart? Those things aren't necessary to be a language. I reckon we are the only monastery ever to have a dungeon stuffed with 16,000 zombies.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Why do people say 'Perl' is dead?!?! by tobyink (Canon) on Sep 12, 2012 at 15:07 UTC
Is there an ISO standard for Perl? a BNF grammar chart? Those things aren't necessary to be a language. Indeed. After all, there's no ISO standard or BNF grammar for French. `perl -E'sub Monkey::do{say$_,for@_,do{($monkey=[caller(0)]->[3])=~s{::}{ }and$monkey}}"Monkey say"->Monkey::do'`	[reply]
Re^2: Why do people say 'Perl' is dead?!?! by Anonymous Monk on Sep 12, 2012 at 08:30 UTC
And why do you think those are needed when Perl gets the job done without.	[reply]