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ironcamel

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    Comment #5536717

    Using Perl to crowdfund Perl, I love it. Crowdtilt is built with Perl, as is stated on their site's footer, "Powered by Perl Dancer" - https://www.crowdtilt.com/campaigns/specify-m…

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    Comment #4464108

    You had asked for some examples of Perl modules that extend the core language. As was stated by @knighthacker, MooseX::Declare and Test::Class::Sugar are excellent examples: https:…

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    Comment #4464067

    Yes, I definitely agree that Perl is harder to learn than Python. My point was that people may not have the time or interest to learn Perl, and so when they see Perl code that they…

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    Comment #4464019

    The python example you linked to http://eli.thegreenplace.net/2010/06/30/python-internals-add... , which shows an example of adding an 'until' keyword, requires you to recompile th…

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    Comment #4462485

    "As has been alluded to in another comment: Which other languages that compare to perl have you actually looked at?" I am very familiar with all of the languages that you mention. …

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    Comment #4461803

    Those are both excellent examples. One modifies the core language syntax to allow for writing tests in a cleaner and easier way. The other one modifies the language to make writing…