What are some practical applications for Perl?

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Author: Mike
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Subject: What are some practical applications for Perl?
And I thought "I" was the one noted for speaking my mind.
I assume I am in good company :-)


On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 03:20:29PM +0700, Bill Nash wrote:
On Tue, 21 May 2002, Nick Estes wrote:

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> learn Ruby.
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I don't deny that Ruby may be a good alternative, but that's surely the
worst possible recommendation one could muster. Not so much that you
suggest Ruby, but that you do it without any quantification of *why* Ruby
is a good alternative to Perl. You may as well slap an orange from a
child's hand and tell him to play with fire instead, without explanation.

- billn

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