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jordanb ◴[06 Dec 25 18:16 UTC] No.46175337[source]▶

I always found the Perl "community" to be really off-putting with all the monk and wizard nonsense. Then there was the whole one-liner thing that was all about being clever and obscure. Everything about Python came off as being much more serious and normal for a young nerd who wasn't a theater kid.

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1. zaphirplane ◴[07 Dec 25 09:38 UTC] No.46180433[source]▶

>>46175337 #

First time I read something like that about Perl. Is this personal experience during the Perl peak period or extrapolation from phrases

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Perl's decline was cultural