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Perl: 37 years oldPython: 34 years old |
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Post #Aulnknj1jOZOQYSDHk by [email protected] |
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@siracusa some things just feel more modernš |
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Post #AulnknpPLffqkLRJEO by [email protected] |
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@vmachiel __do_they__? |
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Post #AulnknwUvJLT6KkyHY by [email protected] |
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@siracusa @vmachiel $_$idunno |
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Post #Aulrwe8Dcr07xs8oBE by [email protected] |
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@siracusa Both Perl and Python are closer on the geologic fossil record to COBO… |
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Post #AulrweG19rEuM3n2Ku by [email protected] |
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@doncruse @siracusa Yes, but Perl is from an earlier geological era |
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Post #AulrweM2nS3mekbqjI by [email protected] |
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@MartyFouts @doncruse @siracusa Yeah, PERL is like a galapagos island weird DNA… |
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Post #Aulu1TtXJTaPZWhsJ6 by [email protected] |
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@doncruse @siracusa What is wrong with COBOL? |
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Post #AuluvSlOhqU2HQat16 by [email protected] |
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@siracusa So Python is the Steve Buscemi of scripting languages. Got it. |
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Post #AulzoypzYZU7V3TGls by [email protected] |
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@codinghorror Youāve got it backwards. Perlās DNA is a mixture of ALL the e… |
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Post #AulzoyvfDU1Pme7nc0 by [email protected] |
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Post #Aum2bULJvKKJ1JNnwO by [email protected] |
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@codinghorror @siracusa Iām 100% here for this.(And on the Perl side, even th… |
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Post #Aum2bUS3WHiLMCXBRI by [email protected] |
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@codinghorror @siracusa and also, basically every language today handles string… |
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Post #Aum2bUYR8YonfzWHNw by [email protected] |
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@lkanies @siracusa there can be be only one programming language |
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Post #Aum30CRfbTh2ke8VX6 by [email protected] |
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@codinghorror @lkanies @siracusa perl is just a bunch of C macros that have esc… |
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Post #Aum30CY3DknV4R7bTk by [email protected] |
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@enobacon @lkanies @siracusa look, people, it's a done deal https://blog.co… |
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Post #Aum5BPAUq7zJIxZf7I by [email protected] |
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@siracusa Never mind Perl vs. Python, we still are arguing about vi vs. emacs. |
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Post #AumEkb9l9wF6Cy5O2C by [email protected] |
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@siracusa holy shit I never would have guessed that. Truly. Iād have thought … |
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Post #AumEkbFmnX3yVeuCQa by [email protected] |
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@caseyliss @siracusa To be fair, the python people care about is 3 which was re… |
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Post #AumEktbiYjIlQtIy6y by [email protected] |
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@siracusa So, they are technically correct? For the record: I donāt like eith… |
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Post #AumEkztJCEwCvBa6Ma by [email protected] |
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@[email protected] "New" as in "different", presumab… |
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Post #AumEmXEsh9dodbPAg4 by [email protected] |
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@siracusa Perl/Python = Colin Robinson/Baby Colin Robinson |
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Post #AumEmXMKFTb10gt7HU by [email protected] |
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@thomasjpr @siracusa šš¤£š wow |
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Post #AumEmai3n7lROy514i by [email protected] |
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@siracusa Yes, but Perl was already 20 years old when Larry Wall created it. |
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Post #AumEmaprK80Dn9jFEO by [email protected] |
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@prehnra @siracusa Seriously, it was written as a replacement for 70's tool… |
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Post #AumEnDHqMWxz2x787s by [email protected] |
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@siracusa Yeah but in fairness Python *feels* much younger. Like a toddler, rea… |
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Post #AumEnPR9BlXSjHYjIG by [email protected] |
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@caseyliss @siracusa back in the days possibly before AOL, I think it was via C… |
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Post #AumEne7qZo0sHle1nE by [email protected] |
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@MartyFouts @doncruse @siracusa say "what?";;-) |
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Post #AumEo0TvSOkJcc8yGG by [email protected] |
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@doncruse And yet 40yo COBOL samples are still viable, while with 10 yo Python … |
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Post #AumEojq8oeFqIXsqdU by [email protected] |
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@codinghorror @MartyFouts @doncruse @siracusa CPANuse stratigraphy::method; |
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Post #AumEpfqr89HyDYfEno by [email protected] |
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@bartreardon Todayās Perl 5.40.2 is not the same as 1994ās Perl 5.0.0 |
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Post #AumEpfyef9WkbkJSxU by [email protected] |
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@siracusa @bartreardon As someone who years ago had to periodically compile new… |
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Post #AumEqyzVSJKxrqKn20 by [email protected] |
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@MartyFouts @doncruse @siracusa Is that a complaint? |
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Post #AumErAjHoRUcH0q0Po by [email protected] |
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@siracusa Why would you hire a code(r) over 30 PLSSS... |
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Post #AumErJ6Ggsd6EbeTLc by [email protected] |
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@siracusa @vmachiel I'm a proud dunder-head š #Python |
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Post #AumErVuL4XoNxNAd3g by [email protected] |
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@siracusa proves humans can't write articles |
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Post #AumErW1mcrlaKSeZf6 by [email protected] |
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@jenzi @siracusa outrageous hallucinations |
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Post #AumEt4nyoHMQTjwQ76 by [email protected] |
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@siracusa EXCEPT: a lot of Perl modules havenāt been updated in over a decade… |
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Post #AumEt4vQMbJcqpQMiW by [email protected] |
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@chessert @siracusa Stability vs churn |
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@siracusa as someone whoās perpetually 27 this doesnāt sit well with me |
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@bartreardon @caseyliss @siracusa I still have things which require python2 ļæ½… |
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@siracusa Iām delighted that youāre stanning for a nearly 40 year old langu… |
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@elie @siracusa my back went out at 27. Anything older than that is officially … |
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@siracusa While this is true, Python as it exists today is newer, and most deve… |
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@caseyliss @siracusa To be fair, I wanted to be the third guy to say āTo be f… |
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Post #AumEvG3vvVKvyJRZDs by [email protected] |
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@siracusa Welllll... Perl 5 in 1994 and Python 3 in 2008? š¤·āāļø |
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Post #AumEvG9xZ69oH0GNcG by [email protected] |
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@Mutesplash @siracusa perl 5.8 to 5.10 was a bigger step than Python 3 and perl… |
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@not2b As someone who spent 25 years writing large, maintainable things in Perl… |
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@siracusa You must have more discipline than I did; reading and understanding P… |
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@riedlr @siracusa Well, if you needed to maintain "PL/S" code on an I… |
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@unsaturated i mean, it is technically true |
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@siracusa @vmachiel ouch. š„š„š„ |
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Post #AumEyJx5vAlEu7hmwS by [email protected] |
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@siracusa We need a tool which can automatically refute BS. |
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@siracusa so āthe best kind of correctā is what youāre saying |
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Post #AumF0jGklQ1G0F35lo by [email protected] |
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@siracusa To be fair, Perl came preloaded with technical debt of the sort itā… |
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@acb @siracusa Yes, if ever a language were an āold soulā it would be Perl. |
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@caseyliss @siracusa To be fair, this stat is from a 34yo definition of what it… |
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@doncruse @siracusa maybe in another 33 years theyāll finally release the glo… |
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Post #AumF2fQq0BO6gGgq9I by [email protected] |
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@siracusa Which you must have at least 107 years experience in. |
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@siracusa Mr Incredible Meme: "5 is 5"But yes, it's quite differe… |
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@siracusa It is perl's own fault. don't blame python and others |
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Post #AumGFea8ZcBHlNnPaS by [email protected] |
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@ottobackwards Perl didnāt write the article. |
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@siracusa no, but perl is responsible for perl's perception as old |
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@ottobackwards Perl is old. Python is not new. |
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@enobacon @codinghorror @siracusa hah, tell that to regexes :) |
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@prehnra @siracusa a shell language taken too far |
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@enobacon @Mutesplash @siracusa obviously perl did break compatibility and it w… |
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@siracusa @bartreardon and today's Python 3.12.8 is not the same as 2008… |
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Post #AumMgtW5knkDctHCMK by [email protected] |
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@mxk @Mutesplash @siracusa it turned out compatibility with older code was one … |
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@mdreid @siracusa Perl was created by a missionary linguist, and inherited the … |
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@acb @siracusa There was a time when I really enjoyed all the language trickery… |
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@curtosis @doncruse I'm pretty sure your 10yo Python code can cause any mai… |
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@lkanies @enobacon @codinghorror @siracusa are you saying regexes can't be … |
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@davebarnes @doncruse @siracusa COBOL is garrulous, and its developers are excl… |
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@siracusa You can rewrite it in Java, it is newer than both! |
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@kjhealy @siracusa this mess can probably be fixed with a new string formatting… |
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@utf_7 @unsaturated seems fine if the author is, say, 36 |
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@lairsdragon @davebarnes @doncruse @siracusa in all fairness those developers a… |
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@caseyliss @siracusa PHP turns 30 this year, and it feels more fresh than ever.… |
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@sergiotarxz @siracusa Really?! I thought Java was older than Python. But I thi… |
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@sergiotarxz @siracusa Obviously with "much later" it is in a 5-10 ye… |
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@antopatriarca @siracusa I have maintained nineties Perl's code after learn… |
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@doncruse @caseyliss @siracusa so this means both python and perl are older now… |
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@caseyliss @siracusa Python and Perl's difference in age seemed like a much… |
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@Mutesplash @siracusa OK, but Perl 5.40 in 2024 and Python 3.13 in 2024 |
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@siracusa clearly the cutoff for "old" is 35 or 36. This rewrite will… |
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@siracusa for some reason this gives my Lysa Tully breastfeeding Robin Arryn fe… |
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@kjhealy now that pandas library? itās got the fresh syntax that serious data… |
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@siracusa Yet, most of us think that Perl is closer to death than Python. Oneļæ½… |
