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[โ€“] MoonRaven@feddit.nl 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I am the senior dev. Please. No.

[โ€“] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

You're that afraid of the code you wrote 10 years ago too eh? ๐Ÿคฃ

[โ€“] Ricaz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I shudder at the thought of the ancient 1000+ lines Perl scripts.. The seal must not be broken

[โ€“] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Perl and regex are modern day black magic

[โ€“] Ricaz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 15 hours ago

I honestly still use Perl for small scripts as a Bash alternative. It is very powerful and is already installed everywhere. I just try not to use it for things others might have to work on..