On: Ask HN: Is Perl dead?

[shadowfox]

> C/C++/Java/PHP/Python/Ruby? Really? I was expecting HNers to be a little more innovative

Care to explain?

[lelele → shadowfox]

Sorry. I should have deleted Python, Ruby - and maybe PHP for close to the metal web programming - after having copied the line. Regarding C/C++/Java, I was expecting HNers to prefer more agile languages and/or exploiting some other language's features to gain a competitive advantage.

[rcfox → lelele]

PHP isn't low-level; it just makes you do everything yourself.

[lelele → rcfox]

I thought it was low-level because I've read its frameworks tend to be faster (CodeIgniter comes to mind).