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Perl's decline was cultural

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393 points todsacerdoti | 1 comments | 06 Dec 25 17:42 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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leoc ◴[07 Dec 25 13:54 UTC] No.46181702[source]▶
I'm not sure about the Perl-specific claims here, but it is amusing how pervasive "on one or more occasions, I got a dopamine release after managing to struggle through the horror and misery of X: now I'm convinced that X is Good, Actually" seems to be in computing.
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nmz ◴[07 Dec 25 14:31 UTC] No.46181916[source]▶
But isn't this everything? All of computing is a struggle for me at least, all followed with confusion and "Why did they make this, this way?"
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1. smt88 ◴[07 Dec 25 15:24 UTC] No.46182345[source]▶
I didn't have this experience when I first learned C#. Everything just kind of worked the way I expected it to. There are sharp edges, but far fewer than expected and always for an actual reason.