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Perl: 37 years oldPython: 34 years old
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@siracusa some things just feel more modernšŸ˜‚
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@vmachiel __do_they__?
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@siracusa @vmachiel $_$idunno
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@siracusa Both Perl and Python are closer on the geologic fossil record to COBO…
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@doncruse @siracusa Yes, but Perl is from an earlier geological era
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@MartyFouts @doncruse @siracusa Yeah, PERL is like a galapagos island weird DNA…
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@doncruse @siracusa What is wrong with COBOL?
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@siracusa So Python is the Steve Buscemi of scripting languages. Got it.
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@codinghorror You’ve got it backwards. Perl’s DNA is a mixture of ALL the e…
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@siracusa
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@codinghorror @siracusa I’m 100% here for this.(And on the Perl side, even th…
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@codinghorror @siracusa and also, basically every language today handles string…
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@lkanies @siracusa there can be be only one programming language
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@codinghorror @lkanies @siracusa perl is just a bunch of C macros that have esc…
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@enobacon @lkanies @siracusa look, people, it's a done deal https://blog.co…
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@siracusa Never mind Perl vs. Python, we still are arguing about vi vs. emacs.
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@siracusa holy shit I never would have guessed that. Truly. I’d have thought …
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@caseyliss @siracusa To be fair, the python people care about is 3 which was re…
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@siracusa So, they are technically correct? For the record: I don’t like eith…
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@[email protected] "New" as in "different", presumab…
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@siracusa Perl/Python = Colin Robinson/Baby Colin Robinson
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@thomasjpr @siracusa šŸ˜‚šŸ¤£šŸ˜† wow
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@siracusa Yes, but Perl was already 20 years old when Larry Wall created it.
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@prehnra @siracusa Seriously, it was written as a replacement for 70's tool…
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@siracusa Yeah but in fairness Python *feels* much younger. Like a toddler, rea…
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@caseyliss @siracusa back in the days possibly before AOL, I think it was via C…
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@MartyFouts @doncruse @siracusa say "what?";;-)
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@doncruse And yet 40yo COBOL samples are still viable, while with 10 yo Python …
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@codinghorror @MartyFouts @doncruse @siracusa CPANuse stratigraphy::method;
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@bartreardon Today’s Perl 5.40.2 is not the same as 1994’s Perl 5.0.0
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@siracusa @bartreardon As someone who years ago had to periodically compile new…
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@MartyFouts @doncruse @siracusa Is that a complaint?
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@siracusa Why would you hire a code(r) over 30 PLSSS...
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@siracusa @vmachiel I'm a proud dunder-head šŸ™ƒ #Python
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@siracusa proves humans can't write articles
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@jenzi @siracusa outrageous hallucinations
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@siracusa EXCEPT: a lot of Perl modules haven’t been updated in over a decade…
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@chessert @siracusa Stability vs churn
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@siracusa as someone who’s perpetually 27 this doesn’t sit well with me
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@bartreardon @caseyliss @siracusa I still have things which require python2 ļæ½…
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@siracusa I’m delighted that you’re 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 ā€œTo be f…
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@siracusa Welllll... Perl 5 in 1994 and Python 3 in 2008? šŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø
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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. šŸ”„šŸ”„šŸ”„
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@siracusa We need a tool which can automatically refute BS.
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@siracusa so ā€œthe best kind of correctā€ is what you’re saying
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@siracusa To be fair, Perl came preloaded with technical debt of the sort it’…
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@acb @siracusa Yes, if ever a language were an ā€œold 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 they’ll finally release the glo…
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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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@ottobackwards Perl didn’t 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&#3…
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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? it’s 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…
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