Kris Craig wrote:
PERL is like the duct-tape
of scripting languages; it can be used for just about anything, though
there's almost always a more specialized solution. It serves a purpose.
Perhaps not the most ideal of comparisons ... The last thing you use 'duct-tape' for is sealing ducts ... you need to use the right tape for THAT job :)
My own problem is convincing customers that the systems they have been using reliably for 10 years NEED to change. PHP does a good job for all of my customers and they see no reason to have to change things. What they have been doing for years has not changed in years so why change.
Once on is used to the warts, 'fixing them' is an even more annoyance, so please can we stop complaining about things that are broken ... and leave those of us who are more than happy with what we have to just carry on 'doing things all wrong' :)
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