I've actually written a few Perl programs and I really did not enjoy the experience at all.
Its regex engine has good Unicode support, if you can figure out how to enable it. I'll give it that.
Perl was the first non-C language I wrote significant amounts of Unix code in. In particular, I wrote lots of web and server admin projects with it. I know Perl well enough to 1) appreciate why people still like using it, and 2) not want to use it myself.
And then when I learned this and that, the code started to be more concise, to the point of being impossible to understand for the author (me) after a week.
I liked it though and I realize that this is not Perl's fault but mine. Still, giving too much power to less experienced devs without having them unlock some kind of experience badge is dangerous :)
Bigots gonna bigot. Perl is an unorthodox language; Larry would probably prefer eclectic. It’s tough being the different kid. As paulg wrote, “The superficial demands of orthodoxy make it an inexpensive substitute for virtue. And that in turn is one of the reasons orthodoxy is so attractive to bad people. You could be a horrible person, and yet as long as you’re orthodox, you’re better than everyone who isn’t.”
Wow, interesting quote. I agree with it. We see such behaviour all the time in people.
Do you remember where you read it? Was it in one of his essays or tweets? I would like to read the original, with context, if any.
Whenever the Java troupe gets all excited about multi-line strings, or closures, or string interpolation (what nasty syntax!), it's my turn to laugh.
All in good spirits, of course.
They say junkyards have a sizeable choice of car parts, too.
The usual ghost town with tumbleweed on its streets.