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Perl's decline was cultural

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tguvot ◴[] No.46175357[source]
I spent year developing CMS in Perl in 1999 (HTA application with ActivePerl. wonder if anybody else did something like this). It traumatized me, and first thing that I did in my next job is to learn python and develop some core systems in it. Few of my friends moved from perl to python as well.

I still remember spending time with my coworkers on bench outside of building trying to figure out #@$%$^&$%@something = []sd[dsd]@$#!&lala lines written by previous developers

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1. kstrauser ◴[] No.46176613[source]
Yesterday I used `pwgen` to role a random password, and at first glance I legit thought it might've been working Perl code. I'm not even slightly kidding.