ryanf

So why is Perl so unfashionable? He mentions OO and readability, but if Perl has "one of the most featureful object systems in existence", does that leave just readability? I'm curious (as someone who knows very little about Perl) what the actual reasons are for Python and Ruby having stolen so much of Perl's thunder.

Years ago Facebook had a feature that would show you the shortest paths between you and the person you were looking at. I don't know if they got rid of it for privacy or performance reasons, but it was pretty cool.

#3 has been my strategy since childhood, and it works surprisingly well against people who don't know the trick.

Also note that there is a huge exemption (apparently $3.5m last year, and $1m next year if they don't change it). It's only 45% beyond that point, like tax brackets.