Re: Larry Wall, on Tcl
- From: Bryan Oakley <oakley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2007 08:43:33 -0600
tom.rmadilo wrote:
On Dec 7, 9:59 am, Bryan Oakley <oak...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
State of the Onion,http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2007/12/06/soto-11.html
After reading the article, I think it is worth pointing out a few
facts.
First is that Perl is such a poor language that it needs to be
reinvented. A not so subtle admission of a system which hasn't stood
the test of time.
I think that's a bit too inflamatory. Lets keep language bashing to a minimum, please.
I think most serious programmers would disagree completely with your statement. Perl is a fine language which has quite well stood the test of time from what I can see. It's just that ther Perl community, or Larry Wall, wants to make it better. What's wrong with that?
Our own community has had a "Tcl 9" page on the wiki that includes all sorts of potentially backwards-incompatible suggestions. Does that mean Tcl hasn't stood the test of time either?
Tcl is certainly no more nor less perfect than Perl. Different priorities, different languages.
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