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You declared perl is headed to the graveyard, if you ask me, python will probably get there sooner judging by it lower usage and it's been around as long as perl if not longer in one form or version or another.
But anyways, thats my last post in this thead. These discussions might be of some small personal interest but never change anyones mind about anything.
Parting shot:
Python 3000
There are plans for a future version, to be called Python 3.0 (the project is called "Python 3000" or "Py3K") that will break backwards compatibility with the 2.x series in order to repair perceived flaws in the language.
But anyways, thats my last post in this thead. These discussions might be of some small personal interest but never change anyones mind about anything.
Parting shot:
Python 3000
There are plans for a future version, to be called Python 3.0 (the project is called "Python 3000" or "Py3K") that will break backwards compatibility with the 2.x series in order to repair perceived flaws in the language.
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Originally Posted by hackware 
Actually, I signed up to look over what might be useful in perl craft...
Found cruft instead...
Better perl forums:
tek-tips.com
devshed.com
perlmongers.com
experts-exchange.com
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mmm Perl.
Perl is not dead, it's just not a fashionable language and it's intimidating as hell for novices. ( I know avoided it like the plague for years
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FORTRAN likewise is not dead, in certain scientific circles at least. As a general programming language it's deader than a doornail but in the science community it's still got a good deal of steam. I was helping some scientists with FORTRAN a couple of months ago and made a disparaging remark about certain aged programming languages, I might have mentioned COBOL as well. I got an earful in response.
Bacl to Perl, it is primarily a sys admin's tool. it's great for chugging through log files and extracting data.
I now use Perl whenever I think, "I could do that in C but...".
Perl is not dead, it's just not a fashionable language and it's intimidating as hell for novices. ( I know avoided it like the plague for years
) FORTRAN likewise is not dead, in certain scientific circles at least. As a general programming language it's deader than a doornail but in the science community it's still got a good deal of steam. I was helping some scientists with FORTRAN a couple of months ago and made a disparaging remark about certain aged programming languages, I might have mentioned COBOL as well. I got an earful in response.
Bacl to Perl, it is primarily a sys admin's tool. it's great for chugging through log files and extracting data.
I now use Perl whenever I think, "I could do that in C but...".
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^ yeap... i agree pretty much with everything you said there. (except i think perl is pretty easy for beginners to get started, at least for the basics...)
and FORTRAN is dead. but it also still runs the majority of our nation's nuclear power plants. not bad for a dead language.
i still love Perl, it's amazingly powerful and adaptable.
i think im just annoyed that 5.x has been around for 14 years, and they've been promising 6.0 "any day now" for the past 7 or 8.
and FORTRAN is dead. but it also still runs the majority of our nation's nuclear power plants. not bad for a dead language.
i still love Perl, it's amazingly powerful and adaptable.
i think im just annoyed that 5.x has been around for 14 years, and they've been promising 6.0 "any day now" for the past 7 or 8.
Why so serious?
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Originally Posted by jephthah
^ yeap... i agree pretty much with everything you said there. (except i think perl is pretty easy for beginners to get started, at least for the basics...)
and FORTRAN is dead. but it also still runs the majority of our nation's nuclear power plants. not bad for a dead language.
i still love Perl, it's amazingly powerful and adaptable.
i think im just annoyed that 5.x has been around for 14 years, and they've been promising 6.0 "any day now" for the past 7 or 8.
Perl 6 will come out with Duke Nukem Forever and Spore...
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