grout·il y a 14 ans·discussRule of thumb: If any part of your pitch sounds like Microsoft marketing, you're not ready.
grout·il y a 14 ans·discussThe readability arguments need to include such modules as Method::Signatures::Simple, which replaces the old manual method (no pun intended) with: method foo ($a, $b) { $self->blargh($a + $b); }
grout·il y a 14 ans·discuss"using rhetorical force to invalidate contrary views"Thank you for epitomizing what makes Linus worth emulating.Rhetorical force. Coooool.
grout·il y a 14 ans·discussForth's necessity of carrying the stack in short-term memory while coding and debugging has seemed to me its deepest flaw as a tool for mortals.
grout·il y a 14 ans·discussMythical Man Month and Silver Bullet essay ought to be mandatory. K&R as well, and Stroustrup (both C++PL and Design and Evolution of C++).Programmers don't stand on each others' shoulders, but each others' feet.
grout·il y a 14 ans·discussOpenSSL's command line tools are so antequated and annoying that I can't help thinking that they're being held back by the Powers That Be so as to discourage casual crypto.
grout·il y a 14 ans·discusssigh Scientists stand on the shoulders of giants; programmers stand on each others' feet.
grout·il y a 14 ans·discussThe only valid reasons to "leave" Perl apply equally to Python. Sorry, but it's true.Compilers are good enough for type systems to be advantages, now.
grout·il y a 14 ans·discussYou're funny. If this really pushed you over the edge, you were born -on- the edge, and didn't give Perl a fair shake.