Re^2: Perl is dying

[Anonymous Monk]

in reply to Re: Perl is dying
in thread Perl is dying

Yes, Perl 'did' have an advantage in having the best RegEx support and it does support people in doing their day to day 'non-professional' work (except for sysadmins etc) but I never understood why anyone with even an average understanding of computer science would use such a language for serious work.

[Anonymous Monk]

>>"I never understood why anyone with even an average understanding of computer science would use such a language for serious work."<<

Because it saves an incredible amount of programmer time, dude! Your post seems to define "serious work" as "that for which processor time is much more valuable than programmer time". And I think if you have even an average understanding of the industry, you find that is very often *not* the case.

Sounds like you need to work harder at understanding the *business goals* of your work, rather than your own brilliance, dude. Because not doing so is just plain stupid.

[Anonymous Monk]

Because it saves an incredible amount of programmer time, dude!
A comment like this can only come from someone who knows no other languages except maybe C. Perl takes more time to develop in then most any modern high level language (i.e. not Java or crap like that).

[BrowserUk]

So, not Perl or C or Java (or crap like that), then which " most any modern high level language"s are you suggesting?