Perl Is Undead 283
Ptolemarch writes At the Yet Another Perl Conference beginning today in Orlando, the first keynote squarely blamed Slashdot for starting the "Perl is Dead" meme in 2005. Let's be clear: if Perl was ever dead, it must now be undead. If you can't be at YAPC, you can still watch it live.
$_ to that? (Score:3, Funny)
Congregation: $_
Pastor: $_.
sure you want to go with 'undead' ? (Score:4, Funny)
It means that the uninfected humans have to shoot it in the head. Or stake it through the heart. And quickly, before things get worse.
Re:2005 eh? (Score:5, Funny)
How about "Perl 6 is DNF's retarded cousin?"
Re:Modern Weak Languages (Score:5, Funny)
A hipster liked it before it was cool and doesn't now. A Perl hipster liked it when it was cool, and still does.
Re:sure you want to go with 'undead' ? (Score:5, Funny)
Slashdot reminds me of the townspeople in "The Simpsons" the way the majority opinion changes.
It wasn't that long ago that Perl was a darling, loved by all, with indecipherable code flowing freely in sigs and comments. Many even seemed to take pride in creating and sharing the most obtuse code imaginable.
Now it's, apparently, the worst thing ever that no one in their right mind would use for even the most trivial task.
Oh, Slashdot. When will you build a monorail?
Re:$_ to that? (Score:5, Funny)
Perl 6 is about love, care, tolerance and friendship.
Well, it clearly isn't about deadlines!
Re:$_ to that? (Score:4, Funny)
Perl 6 is about love, care, tolerance and friendship.
Well, it clearly isn't about deadlines!
No, it's about undeadlines!
I can understand you not bothering to RTFA, but at least you could RTFSubject! Some people... Sheesh!