alt.hn

5/14/2026 at 1:48:50 AM

Perl versus Java – The Moving Finger (2025)

https://rant.li/ashwin/perl-versus-java

by pkaeding

5/14/2026 at 7:35:24 AM

> I am biased towards Perl

This entire article reeks of bias of someone who hasn’t looked at Java since Java 8.

by microflash

5/14/2026 at 10:47:28 AM

That recent?!? Most criticism of Perl comes from people listening to second-hand rants of someone who hasn't looked at Perl since 2001.

Yes, the article could be improved by the Make magazine advice on submissions that you should write a 3 paragraph summary of your article and then submit that instead. This could have been shaved down to the 4 paras at the end (Prologue) to make the author's point more succinctly.

by Enk1du

5/14/2026 at 10:39:37 AM

I think the whole thing is written tongue in cheek, and is trying to be funny.

by extraduder_ire

5/14/2026 at 8:16:59 AM

hopes the industry keeps embracing more esoteric languages.

sadly with "A.I" there seems to be a convergence to Python, JS & Java. :(

by dzonga

5/14/2026 at 2:31:09 PM

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