• popemichael@lemmy.sdf.org
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    11 months ago

    I learned perl to make IRC bots and to customize bulletin boards in the late 90s, early aughts.

    I owe a lot to that language as it impressed a woman with my skills in it. I got my first marriage and eldest son out of it.

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      11 months ago

      Funny. I learnt perl to make an IRC bot. I didn’t even get a tee shirt, let alone a wife and son

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      11 months ago

      Let’s not forget the small detail that you eventually had to sacrifice that same eldest son to Perl.