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| From | Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.unix.shell, comp.unix.programmer, comp.lang.misc, comp.lang.perl.misc |
| Subject | Re: on Perl |
| Date | 2024-04-17 03:14 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <uvnerd$1ct1p$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | (5 earlier) <uvbe3m$2cun7$1@dont-email.me> <Mkidnafag8vlooH7nZ2dnZfqn_idnZ2d@brightview.co.uk> <pan$c8c3e$b0e492b3$c544c27e$d72bff90@invalid.invalid> <uvk8o6$h2pg$3@dont-email.me> <dRicnfsW0phufoP7nZ2dnZfqnPednZ2d@brightview.co.uk> |
Cross-posted to 4 groups.
On Tue, 16 Apr 2024 20:47:47 +0000, Javier wrote: > But for system automation tasks in a Posix OS, when you want to go above > the level of a simple shell script and use complex data structures, Perl > is the only language that fills that gap, any other language is > oververbose (lacks conciseness). Still some limitations in its data structures, though. I see Perl 5.38 has added an “experimental” class feature, but it doesn’t do multiple inheritance or metaclasses. Also I’m not sure if classes are first-class objects or not.
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Re: on Perl Javier <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2024-04-16 20:47 +0000
Re: on Perl Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-04-17 03:14 +0000
Re: on Perl Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2024-04-17 18:04 +0100
Re: on Perl Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-04-17 23:23 +0000
Re: on Perl Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-04-17 16:59 -0700
Re: on Perl Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-04-18 01:33 +0000
Re: on Perl Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@talktalk.net> - 2024-04-18 18:09 +0100
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