kaybeeque on Nostr: nprofile1q…lwtwk I know there's a lot of hate for perl but for me it was a ...
nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqjsgmuflnjwgt70v9w5cw9ttzw90tszvaekhrarcn2gh8ctmfnwpselwtwk (nprofile…wtwk) I know there's a lot of hate for perl but for me it was a revelation.
After years of writing obscure shell scripts, I could write obscure perl scripts instead!
Seriously though, it allowed me to implement things so quickly in comparison to the other languages at hand at the time. Mostly system admin stuff but also perl/Tk GUIs and basically anything we didn't have an existing tool for.
CPAN was also a revelation. Tons of freshly available libraries? Ready to install? 🤯
After years of writing obscure shell scripts, I could write obscure perl scripts instead!
Seriously though, it allowed me to implement things so quickly in comparison to the other languages at hand at the time. Mostly system admin stuff but also perl/Tk GUIs and basically anything we didn't have an existing tool for.
CPAN was also a revelation. Tons of freshly available libraries? Ready to install? 🤯