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Having it both ways: Larry Wall, Perl and the technology and culture of the early web | a critical analysis of the impact of Perl

2024-02-17 13:50:17+00:00

I’m pretty sure that the author is simply restating that Perl allowed ordinary geeks to participate in Web development & research … with a subtext that that’s unusual since the web ought to have been stitched-up as a (Marxist?) vision of industry exploiting the worker, possibly a-la Stallman.

If so, the author’s dog’s tail is somewhat wagging the author’s dog. Aside from any other reason, they have skipped the history & impact of the Unix Toolkit approach to scripting – which Perl as the “Swiss Army Chainsaw” of tools stood heavily upon.

Still, an interesting read.
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