Comments on: Why I love Perl already?

By: crz

crz — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 08:21:01 +0000

Thanks for the info. I don’t know anything about Pascal.

By: Shawn

Shawn — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 12:35:04 +0000

FYI: The Pacal language has a loop construct with unitl (this is not its exact syntax): repeat { … } until ( … );

By: AndreyV

AndreyV — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:53:24 +0000

Great post, I’d have mentioned a huge code repository of CPAN as well with good code samples, which helps you to do things fast.
Most of my Intranet scripts and just simple automation thingies were written in Perl from DB synchronization,data maintenance; can’t imagine myself living without it in the office!

By: Is your Perl community visible? « Not this…

Is your Perl community visible? « Not this… — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:19:26 +0000

[...] I read stories from those new to the community like this, or this, I think Larry’s vision expressed in 2000 (and echoed in 2004 by Nat) of “the [...]

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 07:09:49 +0000

Nice post. I’ve been using Perl since the mid-1990s and still prefer it over any language for almost any project. It’s wonderfully expressive and organic, and I’ve used it for everything from writing a high performance SMTP email blaster (150-200K emails per hour in pure Perl!) to full web sites, and everything in between. I’ve also done projects for Windows and Linux. I have friends that can’t understand my preference for Perl and think it’s becoming more niche today, but I heartily disagree with that contention.

By: crz

crz — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:00:41 +0000

Thanks.

By: Phillip Smith

Phillip Smith — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:03:08 +0000

“Perl people are passionate.”

Great post. You’ve managed to capture a lot of the essence of what I love about the Perl community too.

Phillip.