Subject: Perl hacker responds to Arthur
From: Peter Q. Olsson (olsson@koyukuk.at.uaa.alaska.edu)
Date: Thu Feb 26 2004 - 15:29:21 AKST
Sir Arthur Corliss writes
>My philosophy in UNIX is to use the tool most appropriate to the job. I know
>a lot of Perl hackers that have completely forsaken awk and sed just because
>it can do the same thing. In most cases, however, using Perl is like using a
>20 sledge hammer when all you need is a 12 ounce ballpeen. :-P
But... perl is more enjoyable, readable, more reusable, and best of all, don't
you know how much fun it is smashing puny things with a 20 lb hammer? :^)
When in doubt, perl your way out!
PQO
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