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Re:On the Decline of Perl – external factors by cutler on Thursday April 01, 2021 @01:55PM (#26663889)
How are Perl's arrays and hashes any different from those in Python (lists & dicts), Ruby or Javascript in terms of practical usage?
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Re:On the Decline of Perl – external factors by philote on Thursday April 01, 2021 @02:42PM (#26664457)
Other than Perl's autovivification I'm not sure there's really a big difference.
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