hashes and regexes, and the scripting aspect (no explicit, seperate compile step). Its not the ONLY language with these aspects, but its the only one I know of with ALL of them. Also I like the feeling of community and in some respect, rebellion. Anyhow those are what distinguish Perl for me. >From: David Corbin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Tom Christiansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: What makes Perl Perl? >Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 14:22:25 -0400 > ><Moved to perl6-language from perl6-internals> where it was "Remove >sockets from core"... > >Tom Christiansen wrote: > > > > >I would like to see a set of "requirements" that make Perl what it is. > > >I think we all have a vague idea of what makes Perl great, but I'm also > > >sure there's a lot of variation. With a SHORT list of requirements, it > > >becomes much easier to address some of these issues that are radical > > >changes to the language. > > > > That's a very good idea. > >Thank you. > > > > > Many if not most of these radical "let's make a new language" > > postings mostly just keep making Python and Java look better and > > better. If you strip out the Perlishness from Perl, there's really > > no reason to bother with the language anymore. > > > > --tom > >You're much closer to the language and the history than I could ever >hope to >be, so what do YOU think makes Perl Perl? > >In addition to the four I posted, originally, I've added two. Here's my >working list. > >native pattern matching; >list manipulation >aweswome text processing. >It's application glue (thanks Tim) >Ability to write powerful 1-line programs. >Make easy things easy and hard things possible. (paraphrased, I >suspect) >-- >David Corbin >Mach Turtle Technologies, Inc. >http://www.machturtle.com >[EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
