Yeah, but Perl sucks the least. Java started off as the most un-sucky language, but by 2004 Perl only sucked in 2.08% of the hits, which is better than both Java and Python!
Jan-00 Jan-01 Jan-02 Jan-03 Jan-04
Total Hits
Perl 10,800 13,800 15,000 18,500 32,000
Python 3,900 6,920 8,820 10,700 25,500
Java 33,600 37,800 45,200 55,300 102,000
Hits with the word "Suck"
Perl 90 320 396 466 665
Python 49 146 313 331 604
Java 198 339 702 847 2250
Suck %
Perl 0.83 2.32 2.64 2.52 2.08
Python 1.26 2.11 3.55 3.09 2.37
Java 0.59 0.90 1.55 1.53 2.21
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