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Perl's Extreme Makeover

PurdueGraphicsMan writes "There's an article over at Yahoo! about the upcoming version of Perl (version 6) and some of the new features (RFC list). From the article: "Although Perl 5's expressions are the most sophisticated available and aspired to by other programming languages, "no one pretends for a moment that they're anything but hideously ugly," said Damian Conway, a core Perl developer and associate professor at Monash University in Australia.""

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  1. Re:Why code perl when you can code ruby instead? by trouser · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Too right, except that you I'm sure you meant Python.

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    Now wash your hands.
  2. Name change by EduardoFonseca · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    s/perl/python/ig;