Date: Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:57:02 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Lars Eighner <luvbeastie@larseighner.com> Cc: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: for perl wizards. Message-ID: <4ACF958E.1010204@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20091009134605.F95011@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> References: <200910091026.n99AQPUv014685@lurza.secnetix.de> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0910090731450.28005@wonkity.com> <20091009134605.F95011@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig5EA2BA77B945FACB802A0F7E Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Lars Eighner wrote: > On Fri, 9 Oct 2009, Warren Block wrote: >> That's twice now people have suggested sed instead of perl. Why? For= =20 >> many uses, perl is a better sed than sed. The regex engine is far=20 >> more powerful and escapes are much simpler. > Because sed is stable and perl is getting all OO and flaky. Sed will w= ork > like sed for so long as there are unix-like systems. It is not clear t= hat > perl is going to continue to work. What utter tosh. Perl's Object Oriented features have been in place for = years and, believe it or not, perl programs written for Perl 4 still continue t= o work with little or no modification under the very latest perl release, right = alongside the stuff written yesterday that uses all the very latest features. That= 's a damn sight better track record than almost any other actively developed langua= ge you=20 could mention. There's nothing that forces you to program Perl in an OO style -- procedu= ral style works just fine. You could probably make a fair stab at writing in= a purely functional style (like Ocaml) if you felt that way inclined. I get very irritated with the current vogue in certain quarters for doing= down Perl. So what if you personally don't like coding in Perl? No one is ho= lding a gun to your head and making you do it. Write in what ever language suits= you, but don't try and force me to conform to your prejudices. Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW --------------enig5EA2BA77B945FACB802A0F7E Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.13 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEAREIAAYFAkrPlZgACgkQ8Mjk52CukIwm2wCfXsjMVw2zL8DoDRq3gHTcTvDY yzcAoJLBFlYUw11rmFjwq3yZQJGh7HwA =84ZD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig5EA2BA77B945FACB802A0F7E--
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