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Take chances (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] Ricaz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I shudder at the thought of the ancient 1000+ lines Perl scripts.. The seal must not be broken

[–] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Perl and regex are modern day black magic

[–] Ricaz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 hours ago

I honestly still use Perl for small scripts as a Bash alternative. It is very powerful and is already installed everywhere. I just try not to use it for things others might have to work on..