More like C++ or Java
Now they're writing
programs
in Perl, not just shell or awk scripts.
So they want their familiar features.
"I want strong typing!" No you don't. Remember the hell that is atoi()?
"I want named function arguments!" No you don't. Remember the hell that is varargs?
All that is Perl is Perl for a reason.
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