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Learning Perl in 2013

Name: Anonymous 2013-01-16 5:04

I'm learning Perl in 2013.

Name: Anonymous 2013-01-16 5:37

>>1
Ha.

Name: Anonymous 2013-01-16 5:44

well done

Name: Anonymous 2013-01-16 6:35

if OP != faggot:
  print "fuck perl learn python"

Name: Anonymous 2013-01-16 6:53

>>4
Obviously you have some more learning to do. faggot would raise a name error. Also, use the print() function, ``please''!

It's more pythonic.

Name: OP 2013-01-16 6:56

Dear >>4

I learned Python in 2005, and have been using it daily ever since.

Name: Anonymous 2013-01-16 6:59

>>6
I'm >>5. Can we have a discussion about why you want to learn Perl? What would motivate you to commit such an act?

I've always been intrigued by its syntax, with those $ and @ and ->, but it just looks like a terrible PHP, which I've recently been using at my job.

It's also slower than the slowest Python implementation, CPython: http://attractivechaos.github.com/plb/

Name: Anonymous 2013-01-16 7:13

>>7
Over the years, I've come to the conclusion that Python sucks for quick one-off hacks that process badly-specified, broken files. It can be done, and I've put up with it for years, but I'm tired of importing this and that and using long sanely-named methods just to do what Perl does with a simple <> or =~ or whatever.

I wouldn't dream of using this mess of a language for anything else, though. Hopefully I don't change my mind about that.

Name: Anonymous 2013-01-16 7:22

imo
python's power: pygtk opencv cython and tons of others
perl's power: CPAN
ps: i may be wrong, i am not python or perl programmer not even newbie, just writing some python time to time.

Name: Anonymous 2013-01-16 7:28

>>9
Why does no one know what PyPI is? http://pypi.python.org/pypi

Name: Anonymous 2013-01-16 7:33

>>9
Why on earth do you feel compelled to express your opinion about things you admit knowing next to nothing about? Do you feel that people are interested in your uninformed opinions, or are you just typing to keep yourself warm?

Name: Anonymous 2013-01-16 7:37

>>11
yes

Name: Anonymous 2013-01-16 7:41

>>11
to see opposing views and other useful things like >>10
why do you faggot bother yourself to type unrelated

Name: Anonymous 2013-01-16 7:57

>>8
Over the years, I've come to the conclusion that Python sucks for quick one-off hacks
That's true, and that's why I wanted to learn it too.

Name: Anonymous 2013-01-16 14:50

Ruby is the new Perl, just FYI. And it's faster than Python according to the latest benchmarks.

Name: OP 2013-01-16 15:13

>>15
I learned Ruby in 2003 and used it regularly until I decided I hated it, and started using Python instead. Not going back there, with all the clueless hipsters now making up most of its `community' since that `Rails' incident. Also, CPAN.

If Ruby is indeed faster than Python these days, I'm quite impressed. Back in 2004 or something, I occasionally had no choice but to disable Ruby GC for some loops because it was so mindbogglingly inefficient.

Anyway, if I need speed, I use CL.

Name: Anonymous 2013-01-16 15:34

>>16

I don't really care about "communities" when it comes to what software I use. I don't plan on hanging out with any of the "Ruby hipsters" any time soon and I'm not the type of person who barges into random IRC channels saying "someone fix my code lol."

IMO Ruby is a good language for ex-Perl users since it has good string handling and pattern matching compared to python and it doesn't have annoyances like FIOC. I haven't done anything with Rails so I can't say anything about that, but plain old Ruby's been a good Perl replacement in the few years I've been using it.

Name: Anonymous 2013-01-16 15:38

>>17
Shalom!

Name: Anonymous 2013-01-16 15:54

>>17
I don't really care about "communities" when it comes to what software I use.
It was quite obvious you were going to say that. Neither do I, when it comes to languages like C, but for things such as Perl, they're crucial. When you need to do x, there's probably a working solution in CPAN ready to be shoehorned into your silly little `program'.

Name: Anonymous 2013-01-16 15:57

>>19

You sound like kind of an idiot. You should stop posting here.

Name: Anonymous 2013-01-16 15:59

>>20
You sound like an autistic misunderstood lone wolf `programmer'. You should post here more.

Name: Anonymous 2013-01-16 16:02

>>You sound like an autistic misunderstood lone wolf `programmer'. You should post here more.

You appear to be new here. Please go back to reddit

Name: Anonymous 2013-01-16 16:04

>>22
>>
Oy vey, back to /g/ please.

Name: Anonymous 2013-01-16 16:06

>>22
new here
I've been here at least since 2006. Have you, asshat?

Name: Anonymous 2013-01-16 16:09

>>24
I've been here at least since 2004.

Name: Anonymous 2013-01-16 16:13

>>25
Well, I'll get my coat.

Name: Anonymous 2013-01-16 16:19

I don't get it. Why do you have to learn it? Type whatever special character you want and you have a Perl program.

Name: Anonymous 2013-01-16 16:26

>>27
That's how I'm doing it, but I still need to figure out which character does what.

Name: Anonymous 2013-01-16 16:35

It will take a long time for perl to die out, if it ever does. Shitty POSIX stuff has a tendency to stick around for decades, even if the only people who use it are bearded hermit wizards living in caves.

Name: Anonymous 2013-01-16 16:44

>>29
It will take a long time for perl to die out, if it ever does.
It's far beyond the point of immortality already.

Shitty POSIX stuff has a tendency to stick around for decades
Worse is better, for better or worse.

Name: Anonymous 2013-01-16 17:07

>>4
OP and faggot have an ``isa'' relationship. If op==faggot, then faggot==OP, meaning every faggot in the universe is OP. Of course, OP could be a faggot just as well as you could be a faggot with you and OP being the same or equal. The correct code for testing for faggotry would be the following:

if not isinstance(you, faggot):
  print "fuck python read sicp"

Name: Anonymous 2013-01-16 17:30

>>31
isinstance
Not pythonic. If you walk() like a faggot and swim() like a faggot and quack() like a faggot, you're a faggot.

Name: Anonymous 2013-01-16 17:38

>>32
Right, so the ``pythonic'' way to test if n is an integer is n==int[code]? I don't think so, CS 101 flunky.

[code]if isinstance(self.post_number, dubs):
   you.check_em()

Name: Anonymous 2013-01-16 17:50

>>33
No, the ``pythonic'' ``way'' is to just use it as an integer. You don't understand the simplest thing about ``Python''.

Name: Anonymous 2013-01-16 17:58

fun fact: anyone who uses words like "pythonic" has zero friends

Name: Anonymous 2013-01-16 18:00

>>35
True, Mr. Alone Forever.

Name: Anonymous 2013-01-16 18:01

>>36
Back to le Reddit, Mr. Schlomo Kikeberg!

Name: Anonymous 2013-01-16 18:16

>>!-1005
Not using C, ATS, AWK, CL or scheme since 1998
Hipsters, general thread.

Name: Anonymous 2013-01-16 18:27

>>38
Try reading the thread for a chance. CL was mentioned in >>16, and C in >>19. BTW, I last wrote AWK this week and it still sucks.

Name: Anonymous 2013-01-16 18:35

>>38
not going back to /g/
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