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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Joy of this, Joy of that
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2024 11:16:09 +0000
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On 23/11/2024 04:57, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
> On 11/22/24 12:51 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>> On Thu, 21 Nov 2024 20:19:55 -0700, Don_from_AZ wrote:
>>
>>> The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> writes:
>>>
>>>> On 21/11/2024 07:20, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I take it you're also not a fan of Perl  🙂
>>>>
>>>> Perfectly Execrable Rubbish Language
>>>
>>> I've heard it called:
>>>
>>>    "Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister"
>>
>> It changed the meaning of the term “high-level language” forever.
> 
> 
>    Well ... glad to see my opinion of Perl is
>    not unique  :-)
> 
>    Way back I bought the usual "Learn Perl" book with
>    the camel on the front. About two chapters in I
>    said "WHY ???".
> 
I just saw the type of people who created enormous scripts in it, and 
thought 'total wankers' They typically read instruction manuals as a 
hobby...

If a script gets that big it should be in a different language altogether.

It reminds me of a cartoon picture of a nerd saying 'I use a Unix based 
operating system. My computers crash about as often as I get laid'


-- 
“when things get difficult you just have to lie”

― Jean Claud Jüncker