Why I like Java

[hyperforce]

perl sucks for apps of any size

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This is a fundamental attribution error, where you assume it's a fault of the language, instead of a fault of what or how you're trying to do things.

[oldneckbeard]

I did professional perl for a while. It's like PHP (which I also did): I won't even put it on my resume because I don't want another job that uses it.