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Re:Symbiosis of Docker and Perl [video] by smoyer on Saturday November 26, 2016 @09:40AM (#13043680)
Microservices are rarely extraction or reporting ... seems like a horrible misuse of the language (CRUD).
Re:Symbiosis of Docker and Perl [video] by mst on Saturday November 26, 2016 @02:16PM (#13045378)
I treat perl as "ruby, except faster and with non-castrated OO"
Re:Symbiosis of Docker and Perl [video] by JadeNB on Saturday November 26, 2016 @12:08PM (#13044636)
> Microservices are rarely extraction or reporting

Perl is just Perl now, just as LISP is now just Lisp; Perl is not, if it ever was, the "Practical Extraction and Reporting Language", any more than Lisp is now "LISt Processing".

Re:Symbiosis of Docker and Perl [video] by mhd on Saturday November 26, 2016 @04:00PM (#13045822)
And if we're talking about the other version of the acronym, then Perl is ideal for webservices and related technologies. Listing rubbish is what a lot of the modern web seems all about.
Re:Symbiosis of Docker and Perl [video] by imglorp on Saturday November 26, 2016 @06:55PM (#13046760)
That, and swiss army chainsaw.
Re:Symbiosis of Docker and Perl [video] by imaginology on Saturday November 26, 2016 @01:14PM (#13045050)
I'm surprised people still think of Perl like this. You realize Perl is being used by major sites such as imdb, booking.com, and duckduckgo? Maybe try watching the video before making a critical comment.