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by thesuperbigfrog 1378 days ago
The current state of Perl 5 for Python fans:

Perl 5: I'm not dead!

TIOBE: 'Ere! 'E says 'e's not dead!

Internet: Yes he is.

Perl 5: I'm not!

TIOBE: 'E isn't?

Internet: Well... he will be soon-- he's very ill...

Perl 5: I'm getting better!

Internet: No you're not, you'll be stone dead in a moment.

TIOBE: I can't take 'im off like that! It's against regulations!

Perl 5: I don't want to go off the chart....

Internet: Oh, don't be such a baby.

TIOBE: I can't take 'im off....

Perl 5: I feel fine!

Internet: Well, do us a favor...

TIOBE: I can't!

Internet: Can you hang around a couple of minutes? He won't be long...

TIOBE: No, gotta get to Reddit, they lost nine today.

Internet: Well, when's your next round?

TIOBE: Next year.

Perl 5: I think I'll go for a walk....

Internet: You're not fooling anyone, you know-- (to TIOBE) Look, isn't there something you can do...?

Perl 5: I feel happy! I feel happy!

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You can write Perl in Latin: https://metacpan.org/dist/Lingua-Romana-Perligata/view/lib/L...

or Klingon: https://metacpan.org/pod/Lingua::tlhInganHol::yIghun

or whitespace: https://metacpan.org/pod/Acme::Bleach

1 comments

You can even write perl to dump urls submitted by hn users, as this person I found does. [1]

[1] https://gist.github.com/adulau/939629