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On the future of Perl 5On the future of Perl 5Posted Dec 6, 2008 16:46 UTC (Sat) by sbergman27 (guest, #10767)In reply to: On the future of Perl 5 by njs Parent article: On the future of Perl 5
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python, originally designed as a first language for newbies, """
To my knowledge Python was designed as a successor to ABC, and with practical goals in mind. Although it is often recommended as a first language, I do not believe that it was originally designed as one.
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On the future of Perl 5 Posted Dec 7, 2008 0:27 UTC (Sun) by njs (guest, #40338) [Link]
Right, I was thinking of the "Computer programming for Everybody" computer literacy initiative that got Python DARPA funding in early years; it looks like the history is more complicated than I implied, though.
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