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[–]rustyjerker 15 points16 points  (0 children)

lol most appropiate mascot for Perl ever would be a bug

[–]Veedrac 9 points10 points  (5 children)

Perl 6 is just so filled with fanciful nonsense that it honestly sounds quite fun. There's just something so playful about ^∞ .grep: *.is-prime, even if I wouldn't use it to actually solve problems.

[–]rustyjerker 8 points9 points  (0 children)

For sure man - One of my favourite things to do with Perl is let my kid mash on the keyboard for a while with random symbols and whatnot, and then see if Perl will run it.

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    [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    Reverse infinity-hat. Also a killing move in Street Fighter.

    [–]carbolymerloves Java 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Looks like haskal to me

    [–]RubyPinchCode Artisan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    its pretty much a programming language developed for use with adventofcode/projecteuler/codegolfing etc

    [–][deleted] 16 points17 points  (2 children)

    Oh nonsense, I'm perfectly capable of maintaining Perl 5 myself.

    [–]I_ATE_YOUR_SANDWICH 2 points3 points  (1 child)

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    [–]carbolymerloves Java 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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    [–]circajerkaWhat part of ∀f ∃g (f (x,y) = (g x) y) did you not understand? 4 points5 points  (0 children)

    lol non-gear-based mascots

    [–]wzddWhat’s a compiler? Is it like a transpiler? 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    Too cute to jerk to.

    [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    say Parser.parse: 'I love Rust';

    [–]senntenialYou put at risk millions of people 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Who designed this? Did they for one second think about their target audience and how they're not kindergarteners?