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Re:Programming language notation is a barrier to entry by the_af on Thursday October 01, 2020 @02:47PM (#24654682)
There are multiple reasons why that may have happened.
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Re:Programming language notation is a barrier to entry by reflectiv on Thursday October 01, 2020 @04:52PM (#24656035)
and a lot of them begin with 'perl is a mess...so...'
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Re:Programming language notation is a barrier to entry by RhysU on Thursday October 01, 2020 @09:59PM (#24658024)
Well, we were all told that Python was easy and, lo, so it was. And that Perl was line noise and, lo, so it was. But I still find basic Perl to make as much sense as basic Python when I put my mind to it. And both to be painful in the wrong hands.
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