Re: Command Languages Versus Programming Languages

On Mon, 30 Sep 2024 20:04:54 -0000 (UTC), Bozo User wrote:

Perl is more awk+sed+sh in a single language. Basically the killer of
the Unix philophy in late 90's/early 00's, and for the good.

That’s what Rob Pike said
<https://interviews.slashdot.org/story/04/10/18/1153211/rob-pike-responds>:

    Q: “Given the nature of current operating systems and
    applications, do you think the idea of "one tool doing one job
    well" has been abandoned?”
    A: “Those days are dead and gone and the eulogy was delivered by
    Perl.”

But I’m not sure I agree. Those small, specialized tools always
required large, monolithic pieces under them to operate: the shell
itself for shell scripts, the X server for GUI apps, the kernel itself
for everything. So while the coming of Perl has changed some things,
it has not made a difference to the modularity of the Unix way.