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Re:Perl 7 is going to be Perl 5.32, mostly by throwaway373438 on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @04:37PM (#23633555)
If what you're saying is true, then why aren't similar criticisms raised against Ruby? Most of the same obscure variables are also present in Ruby.

"If hard-to-read-and-remember syntax exists, people WILL use it"

This statement doesn't appear to hold up under scrutiny.

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Re:Perl 7 is going to be Perl 5.32, mostly by user5994461 on Thursday June 25, 2020 @11:54AM (#23642081)
I suspect that Ruby has almost no usage. I've only ever heard of using it in a handful of startups from the valley and it's only Ruby on Rails.

Wouldn't be surprised if Perl had a hundred or a thousand times more developers, it used to be popular in the 90 and 2000s. They are still alive today and commenting about it, even though they're probably working professionally in something else.

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Re:Perl 7 is going to be Perl 5.32, mostly by lmm on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @09:13PM (#23635780)
> If what you're saying is true, then why aren't similar criticisms raised against Ruby? Most of the same obscure variables are also present in Ruby.

Not with the sigil names, are they?

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Re:Perl 7 is going to be Perl 5.32, mostly by sinsterizme on Thursday June 25, 2020 @12:39AM (#23636964)
Indeed, there are a lot of them actually https://ruby.fandom.com/wiki/Special_variable
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Re:Perl 7 is going to be Perl 5.32, mostly by DonHopkins on Saturday June 27, 2020 @10:38AM (#23662088)
Your boilerplate whataboutism confirms my point.

>This statement doesn't appear to hold up under scrutiny.

What scrutiny? I don't see any scrutiny. You just said that, without scrutinizing.

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