[csdvrx]

> Perl receives such an unnecessary amount of hate

I agree. We might deny it, because we are geeks, not fashionistas, but there's such a thing as "cool for geeks" like running Rust code on MacOS with some PostgreSQL sprinkled on, and such a thing as "uncool" like running Perl code over Windows and exchanging CSV files.

Personally, IDGAF: I care about what works the best, not what's cool. I care about performance. I care about the code not breaking due to weird compatibility issues. I care about keeping the stack as simple as possible, because what's simple often works better.

If, god forbid, I need something more complicated than CSV, I reach for sqlite --- which, unfortunately, is starting to become the "cool" option, and therefore might get turned into the proverbial hammer that makes all your problems look like nails!

[mikejulietbravo]

This^

If your system isn't performant, it's shit. Performant is relative to what you're trying to do and how picky your users are, but at some point you're going to be optimizing for milliseconds without question.

[civilized]

Programming fashions are different from regular fashions in that they're about functional characteristics like reliability and readability. But they're like regular fashions in that they're about social perceptions of those things.