Re: Is perl still the No.1 language for sysadmin?

[Steve Sobol <steve@LobosStudios.com>]

On 2023-04-02 14:57, debian-user@howorth.org.uk wrote:

> I'll admit that when I first saw perl, I thought it was horrific and I
> swore to continue using awk and C and ... anything but perl. But then
> one day $job required me to learn perl so I did and have been a convert
> ever since.

Perl definitely has the edge when you're working with text.

CPAN, however.... Ooohhhh, CPAN. I can't even think about CPAN without 
my blood pressure rising.

(Don't ask. Just know that CPAN's stupidity has caused me untold amounts 
of grief.)