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Perl still relevant in 2023/24? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago by It0m@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world
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hi, i was interested if perl is still relevant in this day and age. Perl has been on the decline for a very long time now. Perl 6 (now named 'raku) not being backwards compatible with perl 5 code made the already small perl community even smaller by splitting it in half. A good example is lisp with it's thousands of different dialects.

Is it still worth using or is it bound to legacy software forever? Like cobol.

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[–] glad_cat@lemmy.sdf.org 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (35 children)

For me, Python replaced Perl 15 years ago. I know Perl is a great language, but it's too "write-only." Python replaced both BASIC and Perl at the same time, even with the problems of migration from v2 to v3. Python can also do scripts to replace Bash and PowerShell. I don't see myself learning Perl now, it would be a waste of time.

Perl was revolutionary at the time with CGI and regexes, but it's not needed anymore.

[–] elbarto777@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (34 children)

I wish python was not indentation aware. It has discouraged me from learning it.

Edit: downvoted by fanbois. Look, I'm not married to my tools.

[–] richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If that's your only reason, I'd encourage to try it anyway. Logical indentation is initially weird but it can be overcome very fast.

[–] elbarto777@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I might! Thanks.

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