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Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Why Python When There Is Perl? Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2024 10:36:35 -0400 Organization: None Lines: 24 Message-ID: <uthglj$28e7g$5@dont-email.me> References: <17be420c4f90bfc7$63225$1585792$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <utd86u$1ipcj$1@solani.org> <86sf0l9h6c.fsf@yaxley.in> <utfpe1$1ol4n$7@dont-email.me> <l622j0Fn16lU8@mid.individual.net> Reply-To: OFeem1987@teleworm.us MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2024 14:36:35 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="7a898fcdf8dbe581452a4643ee635ad7"; logging-data="2373872"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18EtiXt9ddxtWxCkzNjDqq6" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:3uVBK3izwRzwmSQIEPdeKu2n5R0= X-Mutt: The most widely-used MUA X-User-Agent: Microsoft Outl00k, Usenet K00k Editions X-Slrn: Why use anything else? Bytes: 2020 rbowman wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties: > On Wed, 20 Mar 2024 22:53:54 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > >> On Wed, 20 Mar 2024 18:46:59 +0530, Yaxley Peaks wrote: >> >>> Embrace purely functional programming! >> >> Purely-functional programming’s dirty little secret is that I/O cannot >> be expressed in a purely-functional way. > > Hence 'common lisp'. Lisp descended from the rarefied atmosphere of > academia to mingle with the commoners that wanted to actually do something > with their dirty little paws. > > The original Pascal was only good for telling itself secrets before hoi > polloi got their mitts on it too. The original Pascal was "Wirthless" :-D Turbo Pascal was better, but I really got into Turbo C. -- You are going to have a new love affair.