Sujet : Re: Command Languages Versus Programming Languages
De : merlyn (at) *nospam* stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz)
Groupes : comp.unix.shell comp.unix.programmer comp.lang.miscDate : 20. Nov 2024, 03:43:48
Autres entêtes
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"Lawrence" == Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:
Lawrence> Perl was the language that made regular expressions
Lawrence> sexy. Because it made them easy to use.
I'm often reminded of this as I've been coding very little in Perl these
days, and a lot more in languages like Dart, where the regex feels like
a clumsy bolt-on rather than a proper first-class citizen.
There are times I miss Perl. But not too often any more. :)
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