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phaylon on Jan 24, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why I Stuck With Perl

Why not? It's a matter of taste.

sabat on Jan 27, 2011 [–]

It truly is a matter of taste. The fact that you write something one way in Perl and a different way in Ruby mostly boils down to preference.

Metaprogramming in Perl? True metaprogramming?

draegtun on Jan 28, 2011 | [–]

Metaprogramming in Perl? True metaprogramming?

Yep. While it is generally easier todo in Ruby I find that you often hit limitations sooner than with Perl.

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