Date: Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:57:02 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Lars Eighner <luvbeastie@larseighner.com> Cc: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: for perl wizards. Message-ID: <4ACF958E.1010204@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20091009134605.F95011@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> References: <200910091026.n99AQPUv014685@lurza.secnetix.de> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0910090731450.28005@wonkity.com> <20091009134605.F95011@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz>
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Lars Eighner wrote:
> On Fri, 9 Oct 2009, Warren Block wrote:
>> That's twice now people have suggested sed instead of perl. Why? For=
=20
>> many uses, perl is a better sed than sed. The regex engine is far=20
>> more powerful and escapes are much simpler.
> Because sed is stable and perl is getting all OO and flaky. Sed will w=
ork
> like sed for so long as there are unix-like systems. It is not clear t=
hat
> perl is going to continue to work.
What utter tosh. Perl's Object Oriented features have been in place for =
years
and, believe it or not, perl programs written for Perl 4 still continue t=
o work
with little or no modification under the very latest perl release, right =
alongside
the stuff written yesterday that uses all the very latest features. That=
's a damn
sight better track record than almost any other actively developed langua=
ge you=20
could mention.
There's nothing that forces you to program Perl in an OO style -- procedu=
ral
style works just fine. You could probably make a fair stab at writing in=
a
purely functional style (like Ocaml) if you felt that way inclined.
I get very irritated with the current vogue in certain quarters for doing=
down
Perl. So what if you personally don't like coding in Perl? No one is ho=
lding a
gun to your head and making you do it. Write in what ever language suits=
you,
but don't try and force me to conform to your prejudices.
Matthew
--=20
Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard
Flat 3
PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate
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