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by chromatic 5737 days ago
I just can't understand why anyone without a massive legacy codebase bothers.

With modern Perl 5, some CPAN modules, and a little bit of discipline, I can write a thousand line application to the delight of my client without the language, the libraries, or the tools ever getting in my way. I can't say that of any other language.