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From: arcege at shore.net (Michael P. Reilly)
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Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 19:47:55 GMT
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Subject: converting perl to python - simple questions.
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References: <7fvagp$8lm$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <m3u2u47hod.fsf@deneb.cygnus.stuttgart.netsurf.de> <lFLU2.3119$Ig1.434671@news1.rdc1.on.wave.home.com> <m3so9lc219.fsf@deneb.cygnus.stuttgart.netsurf.de> <aahzFAww6J.Cr2@netcom.com>
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Message-ID: <LBJV2.152$pX2.88806@news.shore.net>
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X-UID: 214
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Aahz Maruch <aahz at netcom.com> wrote:
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: In article <m3so9lc219.fsf at deneb.cygnus.stuttgart.netsurf.de>,
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: Florian Weimer <fw at cygnus.stuttgart.netsurf.de> wrote:
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:>
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:>(Quotation from the Perl 4 manpage. This version doesn't have an
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:>`exists' function.)
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: Then you've just made a completely irrelevant comment, on the order of
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: referring to Python 1.2. Perl 5 has been out for more than two years,
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: and there are so many improvements that I don't know of *anyone* who's
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: doing new work in Perl 4.
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Perl 5 was released somewhere around 3-4 years ago. And I haven't
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written much Perl code in that time - but any Perl code I have written
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is for perl4. I avoid perl5 religiously.
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But there could easily be others out there who still use perl4 as well.
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Just like there are ppl out there who still use Tcl 7.5 (my previous
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and current employers) and Python 1.4. It is not always easy to
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upgrade when you have to support customers in the field using
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real-world products.
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-Arcege
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