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@sleepyfox @saramg with regards to that item: Pros: deletes half of the stack, reducing maintenance costs and making it easier to use . They would delete 90% of it, but know it’s not worth the fight. Cons: tends to rant on about how they would have done it in ancient languages like Perl/php ;) 24 comments
 @sleepyfox @jannem @phredmoyer @saramg i was forced to use it by a software. At first i was amazed then i was terrified, finally i was (((((()))))) @sleepyfox @jannem @phredmoyer @saramg came here to write the very same comment. Of course: LISP.    @stonebear @jannem @phredmoyer @sleepyfox @saramg WATFOR? I ask myself what for? every time I have to use it! @Wintermute_BBS @jannem @phredmoyer @sleepyfox @saramg I can't take credit for that one. That's a line from Frank Hayes. Yeah, the one who wrote for Computerworld.  @phredmoyer @sleepyfox @saramg Pros: is right about most things Cons: can't say so without insulting everyone @saramg @schizanon @phredmoyer @sleepyfox pft! Amateurs! I’ve been doing that since I was about 14.  @schizanon @phredmoyer @sleepyfox @saramg As a 50y old software engineer. I approve of this message!  @phredmoyer @sleepyfox @saramg I’m in my twenties, and there isn’t a single system I’ve seen that I couldn’t have written better in Perl. I would also have deleted 50% of the stack, but no one will let me. So I guess I have to wait until I’m forty. Pros of staying around that long: I’ll be the one supposed to put up a fight when someone tries to delete 90% of the stack, and I just… 🤔 won’t. 😈  @phredmoyer @sleepyfox @saramg Cons: deletes half the stack reducing maintenance costs and why is it all Perl now? Cons: doesn’t actually know Perl but replaces the rest with Perl anyway and why is the patient data missing?  @phredmoyer @sleepyfox @saramg Do you also consider Javascript "ancient"? It was released the same year as PHP. @kevin @sleepyfox @saramg ancient was a bit of sarcasm, I’ve used Perl for 22 years. JS is still top of the red monk language roundup @phredmoyer @sleepyfox @saramg I wasn't being too serious, actually. Those languages are "old". As am I. @phredmoyer @sleepyfox @saramg The thing about "modern" languages is ... we already know that they'll be tomorrow's legacy. Feelin' sexy with your Rust and whatnot? A measly 10 years in the sun is all you get. Don't take it from me, just wait it out. "Dude look at that old fart, he's one of those 2020-era Rusties..." @phredmoyer @sleepyfox @saramg let’s be honest, Perl/php is far too modern. It would really be like Fortran or Lisp @phredmoyer @sleepyfox @saramg I think decision to use Perl/PHP as examples of "ancient languages" is what elevates this toot to a top-tier shitpost. Bravo. Seriously, well done. |
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@phredmoyer @sleepyfox @saramg
I'm in my 50's; and could I perhaps interest you in Fortran for your next greenfield project?