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Re:Ask HN: What should I learn next? Python or Ruby/Rails? by shippingcomps3 on Thursday December 10, 2009 @01:33AM (#987444)
Because Perl is the "glue" or "duct tape," if you will, of the internet.
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Re:Ask HN: What should I learn next? Python or Ruby/Rails? by samdk on Thursday December 10, 2009 @04:01AM (#987568)
Perl may have once been the duct tape of the internet, but it's pretty solidly into its 'drying and peeling off' phase right now.
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Re:Ask HN: What should I learn next? Python or Ruby/Rails? by jamesbritt on Thursday December 10, 2009 @02:59AM (#987523)
That was succinct observation in its day, but I hardly think it applies now. Things have changed a whole lot. That's not to say perl can't be used today, but its relative value has decreased. "Duct tape" is no longer the ambition to admire.
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Re:Ask HN: What should I learn next? Python or Ruby/Rails? by shippingcomps3 on Thursday December 10, 2009 @03:50AM (#987559)
Perl is the most resilient language. Even if things have changed, it will be back. With a vengeance.
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