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Perl's Extreme Makeover

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the we-likes-it-don't-we-precious dept.

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:Ruby... by kfg · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Squeak! Squeak!

    KFG

  2. perl necklace by sewagemaster · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    my girlfriend told me the other day while we were in bed... "come on baby, give me a perl necklace... a facial... a makeover!"

    ...and i did just that

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    my blog