LCE008 Perl, in a Nutshell

"Perl, in a Nutshell" is a parody of a Barenaked Ladies song. All new words by me, about my favorite computer programming language, Perl.

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[Charles Thomas]

anyone who says perls a scripting language doesnt know perl

[pudgenet]

Larry Wall has called it a scripting language.

It doesn't matter what you call it. All that matters to me is Perl!

[Charles Thomas]

i'm saying when you use perl a lot you unlock things like a puzzle and it becomes a programming language to me

[pudgenet]

I totally agree.

I am just saying it doesn't matter much what you call it, it's how you use it.

[jason gessner]

i know you needed a rhyme, but you should be writing your tests first. ;)

[pudgenet]

Actually, the first lyric was "I wrote a module, I write a test." I didn't mean to imply there should be one function per module, and I knew someone would comment on that, so I made it "function" instead.

[geneticgenesis]

LOVE this! Wooooo! Perl!

[pudgenet]

Glad you like Python. I'll stick with Perl, though. :-)

[Scott Weisman]

I've actually told people using Perl I can make computers sing. Nice job!

[ndarkduck]

Dude! You are amazing!

[jack9daniels9]

That was EXCELLENT! Cheers!

[adeline fynne]

Perl is my birth control.

[goootooyoo]

perl nullshell aiai

[xBuscopanx]

I'm a biologist and I love perl! Many applications in the life sciences are written in perl, actually! :) lol you're nerdy and awesome!

[Chris D]

My god i love perl. Such powerful word parsing...

[oryx3]

Everyone uses Perl, but no one admits it.

[BacklTrack]

Haha It's always easy to write but not always easy to read.