Started reading ‘Modern Perl’ on the train to work the other day. #Perl was the first programming language I learned, 20 years ago now, but I’ve hardly used it in probably 15 years now.
Not yet sure what I’d use it for, though. Better shell scripts? I’d normally choose Python/Ruby for that.
I work Cybersecurity, I mostly use #Perl for quick one-off scans when someone asks me, "are we vulnerable to XYZ?" when XYZ has a (mis)configuration element to it.
A lot of my hobby code is using #Rakulang these days as I really enjoy the language's mutability.
@profoundlynerdy I haven’t taken a look at Raku yet, last time I used Perl it was sort of a joke that Perl 6 was never going to happen and now that it has I haven’t properly given it a chance. Maybe that’s something to look into next.
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