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My Perl Wishlist: Invariant Sigils (Part 1)

Oct 27, 2019 by Christopher White

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internals
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parser
parsing
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c

The change I would most like to see in Perl 5, and why it might not happen

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Programming is Hard, Let's Go Scripting...

Dec 6, 2007 by Larry Wall

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larry-wall
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perl-6
programming-languages
scripting
scripting-languages
state-of-the-onion
worse-is-better

I think, to most people, scripting is a lot like obscenity. I can’t define it, but I’ll know it when I see it. Here are some common memes floating around: Simple language “Everything is a string” Rapid prototyping Glue…

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What Is Perl 6

Jan 12, 2006 by chromatic

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parrot
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perl-6
perl-design
ponie
programming-languages
pugs

In the sixth year of Perl 6’s multi-year reinvention, some of its developers reflected on why it was taking so long.

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