Re:Ask HN: Language Focus
by staunch on Saturday August 03, 2013 @02:38PM
(#6152858)
> Perl is meant for something else entirely.
No, in fact Perl/Ruby/Python are virtually identical in a technical sense. They're capable of, and intended for, exactly the same kinds of applications.
> All of these (and most other) languages are Turing complete, so what does this even mean
It's very obvious what it means, you're just being intentionally obtuse.
No, in fact Perl/Ruby/Python are virtually identical in a technical sense. They're capable of, and intended for, exactly the same kinds of applications.
> All of these (and most other) languages are Turing complete, so what does this even mean
It's very obvious what it means, you're just being intentionally obtuse.