Re:Perl 5.30.0 documentation site
by ktpsns on Monday June 10, 2019 @02:46PM
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Side note: The perldoc is my favourite programming language documentation. It's well written, with pleasant examples, and really not so much API focussed but on concepts. I read it in 2007 when I learned perl (Perl5). An amazing language at that time.
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It truly is still an amazing language, to me. It's fallen out of favor as a valid language for most tasks, and trends seem to dictate a lot of what is used these days, especially in the web development world.
Perl 5 is likely what you learned in 2007, it's what I learned in 2001, and it's the same Perl now.
To all: Perl 5 is still a wonderful language with a lot of unique and distinct features, and I highly recommend giving it an honest try if you haven't. You probably won't want to replace your favorite language, though maybe you'll see things just a bit differently, which in my experience is always a good thing.