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Re: Question of the thing we call "Perl"

by larsen (Parson)

on Feb 01, 2001 at 14:52 UTC ( [id://55722]=note: print w/replies, xml )

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in reply to Question of the thing we call "Perl"

I try to save common sense saying Perl is just a programming language :), but I also proceed asking "What do you think a programming language is?".
Here my suggestions, and I'll be glad to see yours:

A way to communicate with a machine
A way to communicate with other (?) human beings
A way to express ideas
A way to obfuscate ideas
...

Larsen

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