"But It Breaks Backwards Compatibility -- Perl's Primary Asset"

• For some people, the fact that Perl's defaults have not changed since 1994 is the best thing about it

• They want perl to be stable like cat, ls, sed or awk

  • Not evolving, like ...

  • python

• "That perl one-liner I embedded in a bash script for Goldman Sachs back in 1996 has made millions -- so it damn well better keep running!"

  • Did Goldman Sachs ever say thank-you to the Perl community for that functionality?

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