Posted by gaurav on Thu 30 Apr 2009 at 00:09
A question posted recently on Perlmonks by generator asks What was the bait (project, problem or opportunity) that hooked you on Perl?, leading to a long list of fantastic war stories. In response, BrowserUK came up with a perfectly succinct summary of Perl's benefits: "At last! A language that preferred practicality over purity; solutions over dogma".
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