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Why #Perl Remains Indispensable in the Age of Modern Programming Languages

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Why Perl Remains Indispensable in the Age of Modern Programming Languages

Ah, Perl. The programming language that refuses to die. In a world flooded with shiny new toys like...
Otmane (DEV Community)
#perl
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Paul Evans
Paul Evans
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@gisgeek Yup. "Your old code still works" is a hugely important feature for a language, and one we tale very seriously.
@Francesco P Lovergine
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Christos Argyropoulos MD, PhD
Christos Argyropoulos MD, PhD
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My 20+ year old PhD #perl / #clang code that used swig does not work (because of my FAFOing with C). The perl part ( originally written in 5.6 and tested in 5.8) works just fine with 5.32
#perl #clang
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