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by HeckFeck 10 hours ago
Perl, for all its quirkiness, remains my favourite language - even though I've never done any professional work in it, and I took it up long after its glory days. A shame how it plummeted. It feels like "Unix, but as a scripting language!"

I've never been able to love Python, PHP, JS, Ruby or any other dynamic language the same way.

Maybe I would like Raku too, but I wonder if it's worth the effort - the languages are similar, and I already know all the quirks of one. A bit like learning Dutch after German?
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bw86 9 hours ago
Raku to me is like Esperanto: An absolutely beautiful idea that sadly is not used widely (or even known widely). And for both cases, I would love for things to be different, but since the alternatives (be it English or Java/Typescript/...) are deemed "good enough", chances are slim.
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yomismoaqui 8 hours ago
> ... even though I've never done any professional work in it ...

That's why you like it.

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