First, this is from 2010 and is a repost to HN.
Second, this site's favicon made me think I was redirected to a YouTube link.
Third, there are a ton of us who do both Python and Ruby programming. This whole us vs. them implication is pretty annoying.
Fourth, Grosenbach states:
I’m not sure if the shock was from hearing someone ... or
from learning that someone considers Larry Wall to be a
hero.
Grosenbach is a really nice guy, so I'm curious as to how he meant that Larry Wall snipe.
Larry is also a very nice guy in my experience and is fully worthy of being considered a "hero" in the technical sense.
While Perl is considered out of style, it was the scripting language throughout most of the 90s and is still in use as a glue language today. It's influence is pretty vast.
Second, this site's favicon made me think I was redirected to a YouTube link.
Third, there are a ton of us who do both Python and Ruby programming. This whole us vs. them implication is pretty annoying.
Fourth, Grosenbach states:
Grosenbach is a really nice guy, so I'm curious as to how he meant that Larry Wall snipe.Larry is also a very nice guy in my experience and is fully worthy of being considered a "hero" in the technical sense.
While Perl is considered out of style, it was the scripting language throughout most of the 90s and is still in use as a glue language today. It's influence is pretty vast.