On 2023-04-02 14:57, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote:
I'll admit that when I first saw perl, I thought it was horrific and I
swore to continue using awk and C and ... anything but perl. But then
one day $job required me to learn perl so I did and have been a convert
ever since.
Perl definitely has the edge when you're working with text.
CPAN, however.... Ooohhhh, CPAN. I can't even think about CPAN without
my blood pressure rising.
(Don't ask. Just know that CPAN's stupidity has caused me untold amounts
of grief.)
