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mrich | karma 2270 | avg karma 3.84 · 2021-11-11 03:01:10

Worse still, they would have to read Perl code :)

iso1210 | karma 3408 | avg karma 2.37 · 2021-11-11 03:07:26

So you're saying the encrypt their code?

OneTimePetes | karma 158 | avg karma 0.59 · 2021-11-11 03:11:52

Revenge of the Reg/"(?>(?:(?>[^"\\]+)|\\.)*)"/ ex. The enbalm it in pyramids and put a camel in front.

danmur | karma 660 | avg karma 1.76 · 2021-11-11 08:07:42

Hilarious route to security, only Perl programmers can work it out and they won't be bought off

iso1210 | karma 3408 | avg karma 2.37 · 2021-11-11 09:29:30

Nobody can read my perl code -- including me!

tyingq | karma 59102 | avg karma 3.47 · 2021-11-11 06:54:50

I love Perl. But, if I were hired to squirrel away code that helped me spy on people, Perl would be one of my top choices. Lots of opportunity to hide the true purpose of the code with weird, little known side-effects, syntax, and so on. Perl doesn't have to be cryptic, but it can be.

kizer | karma 259 | avg karma 0.64 · 2021-11-11 10:06:44

Why would anyone build something like that in Perl? I could only see it being done “just because”. Wasn’t Perl specifically designed for the quickly code it once and not change it again case?

tempest_ | karma 1386 | avg karma 4.06 · 2021-11-11 10:30:02

Perl was python before python was python, and booking.com is old.

mrich | karma 2270 | avg karma 3.84 · 2021-11-11 12:41:11

On the server it was the predecessor to Node.js, back when the alternative was a C program :)

nebula8804 | karma 2288 | avg karma 1.3 · 2021-11-11 12:52:06

I thought the Netherlands was weird in that there is a large group of Perl programmers who never decided to move on. It is its own ecosystem

Its kind of like how Japan stayed on flip phones for forever and even bolted on smartphone features to their flip phones.

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tantalor | karma 10911 | avg karma 2.74 · 2021-11-11 16:32:25

Perl was the best/fastest way to write web applications (think FastCGI, mod_perl) before PHP stole that crown in late 90s.