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in reply to Perl and Python
I'm glad to see Perl community looking at other languages to improve Perl.
You probably already know this, but I thought I would repeat
it. It is my understanding that the Perl community
has always looked to other languages for insipration.
Larry took the good stuff he saw from sed, awk, C, lisp, ...
This is not a new concept, but it is good to see that the
tradition continues. How else will Perl continue to be
the best language unless we keep our eyes open to see what
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RE: RE: Perl and Python
by reptile (Monk) on Aug 02, 2000 at 04:41 UTC
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Larry said this on the perl6-language list today, I thought it was relevant to what you just said.
At the
moment, I'm not only trying to follow along here; I'm also reading all
the books on computer languaes[sic] I can get my hands on--not just to look
for ideas to steal, but also to remind myself of the mindset Perl was
designed to escape.
local $_ = "0A72656B636148206C72655020726568746F6E41207473754A";
while(s/..$//) { print chr(hex($&)) }
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