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CowboyNeal
on from the rubbish-listers dept.
JamesD_UK writes "mod_perl 2.0.0 has been officially released into CPAN. Enhancements over mod_perl 1 include threads support and a perl interface to the Apache Portable Runtime. More details on the release can be found on CPAN."
Perl a dead language?
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Anonymous Coward
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I do not understand how anyone can suggest that PERL is a dead language. It is still one of the most powerful text processing languages out there, with the extensibility that allows it to do everything from performing network activities to CGI. Although CGI is in its decline, it is still used plenty.
Theres that and the fact that PERL is just a really fun language, very easy, and extremely free-flowing, which I personally think is a good thing.
Re:Perl a dead language? NOT
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fanatic
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I work doing router and server admin.
The shortest path between "need" and "have" is usually a perl script. CPAN alone puts perl above anything else I know of.
-- "that's not encryption - it's a new perl script that I'm working on..." - from some Matrix parody
What defines dying?
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malverian
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Perl still has a very active community with some very incredible and dedicated hackers. The main thing that keeps me coming back to Perl for personal projects is the fact that it's such a FUN language to program in.
I can think of many benefits to using Python and PHP in a work environment, but no matter how long I work with other languages, I always come running back to Perl when I'm in the mood for some highly caffeinated drinks and a late night of hacking. Say what you will about Python or PHP, but you probably can't say either is fun or enlightening to use.
I've found that Larry Wall is a very unique individual, and a lot of that is pervayed through the style of his programming language. In Perl I can say (figuratively).. "Go fetch the paper!" or "Can you get the paper?" and both of them work. While that might be a readability nightmare, it lets you be very creative with your code. And to some people, being creative is a nice release after the regimented, controlled environment we deal with in the workplace.
-- You're just mad because the voices in your head talk to me.
Is it dying? It it the end of fun?
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rduke15
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it's such a FUN language to program in
Exactly. But I guess that is what so many don't like. As Larry Wall said:
"In trying to make programming predictable, computer scientists have mostly succeeded in making it boring" -- Larry Wall, interview in The Perl Journal, vol. 1 issue 1.
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I do not understand how anyone can suggest that PERL is a dead language. It is still one of the most powerful text processing languages out there, with the extensibility that allows it to do everything from performing network activities to CGI. Although CGI is in its decline, it is still used plenty.
Theres that and the fact that PERL is just a really fun language, very easy, and extremely free-flowing, which I personally think is a good thing.
Bah, mod_parrot is where its at.
http://www.smashing.org/mod_parrot/
I program my web application in Parrot.
I work doing router and server admin.
The shortest path between "need" and "have" is usually a perl script. CPAN alone puts perl above anything else I know of.
"that's not encryption - it's a new perl script that I'm working on..." - from some Matrix parody
Perl still has a very active community with some very incredible and dedicated hackers. The main thing that keeps me coming back to Perl for personal projects is the fact that it's such a FUN language to program in. I can think of many benefits to using Python and PHP in a work environment, but no matter how long I work with other languages, I always come running back to Perl when I'm in the mood for some highly caffeinated drinks and a late night of hacking. Say what you will about Python or PHP, but you probably can't say either is fun or enlightening to use. I've found that Larry Wall is a very unique individual, and a lot of that is pervayed through the style of his programming language. In Perl I can say (figuratively).. "Go fetch the paper!" or "Can you get the paper?" and both of them work. While that might be a readability nightmare, it lets you be very creative with your code. And to some people, being creative is a nice release after the regimented, controlled environment we deal with in the workplace.
You're just mad because the voices in your head talk to me.
Exactly. But I guess that is what so many don't like. As Larry Wall said:
I gess some prefer programming to be boring.
I don't.