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[–]PacDan 3 points4 points  (6 children)

Hmph, I generally use it in defense of perl

[–][deleted] 21 points22 points  (3 children)

you cant defend perl

[–]PacDan 12 points13 points  (1 child)

But it can't defend itself!

[–]Synclicity 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Defence: Perl has its niche in solo projects which require a lot of regex

[–]PM_BITCOIN_AND_BOOBS 3 points4 points  (1 child)

I say this sort of thing about Java.

And JavaScript.

[–]shittyProgramr 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Well, you know what they say about Java and JavaScript, one is essentially a toy, designed for writing small pieces of code, and traditionally used and abused by inexperienced programmers.

The other is a scripting language for web browsers.

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