From: Ross Peeters
Subject: Your thoughts about Perl 4
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Message-ID: <4iqbp0$23bm@thebes.waikato.ac.nz>

I'm after some criticism about Perl 4, preferably bad points, but I guess
I shouldn't be one-sided!

I hear there are some strong emotions on this topic, so if you have any
thoughts I would appreciate hearing from you.

PLEASE: email replies only. I don't need a flame war.

Cheers,
Roscoe.
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From: Clive Humble
Subject: Re: Your thoughts about Perl 4
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Message-ID: <827511150snz129.os2.7@artin.glassnet.com>

In article <···········@thebes.waikato.ac.nz>
           ········@waikato.ac.nz "Ross Peeters" writes:

> I'm after some criticism about Perl 4, preferably bad points, but I guess
> I shouldn't be one-sided!
> 
> I hear there are some strong emotions on this topic, so if you have any
> thoughts I would appreciate hearing from you.
> 
> PLEASE: email replies only. I don't need a flame war.


Horses for courses.  Depends what you want to do.  Perl is an incredible
tool.  So is rexx.  So are ruddy batch files.  What's the job in hand ?

Clive 'puzzled' perl and rexx apprentice mechanic.

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