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oalders on Dec 9, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Modern Perl 4th Edition is out, ebook version is f...

At the very least, the fact that we have Python does not make Perl irrelevant.

cwyers on Dec 9, 2015 [–]

No, but the multiyear period where Perl 5 development stalled waiting on Perl 6 and much of the community moved on might.

actsasbuffoon on Dec 9, 2015 | [–]

Yeah, fortunately nothing like that is going on with Python.

P.S. That was intended as VERY light-hearted ribbing, not as a snide remark.

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