[geeks] Misuse of Java

[Dave McGuire]

On Wednesday, November 6, 2002, at 03:10 PM, David Cantrell wrote:
>> Perl however sucks.
>
> <sigh>
>
> Why does it suck?  Perl, not the people who use it.  What language 
> should
> I use instead, and how would it benefit me?
>
> C sucks.  Java sucks.  Python sucks.  Ruby sucks.  Smalltalk sucks.  
> Lisp
> sucks.  Japanese sucks.  All languages suck in some ways, but none of 
> those
> who rubbish perl have ever explained to me why perl sucks worse than 
> any
> of the others.

   It looks like fucking LINE NOISE for one.  More dollar signs than 
actual code.  Cutesy names like "chop".

   Let's not even get started on performance.

   How many times do we have to rehash this?

      -Dave

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