Perl 5 Retrospective, Brief

Today I learned that Perl 5 is still being actively developed. I'm not sure how I feel about that. It was the first language I learned. I somehow made sense of it. When my hacking partner introduced me to python a year later it was a relief.

These days I barely use it. When I need logic in the replacement term of a s/// I still pipe the content through perl -pe ‘s///’. I also use perl -e “print sort { rand() <=> rand() } <STDIN>” to shuffle piped input. And that’s the sum total of my remaining interaction with the language any longer.

20 October 2022