use Perl

• It's not awful (Score:1)

  by pdcawley (485)

  But I speak as one who used an (over) extended Star Trek metaphor to close the 'Perl 6: Not Just For Damians' article.
• Opinions (Score:1)

  by jjohn (22)

  I need a groan rating on the phrase "Perl: The Next Generation".

  I'm sorry to say: Vogon Poetry. There are too many NextGen projects. Besides, if you want to get a good rise of out the typical Perl audience, I suggest: Perl NT (New Technology). Microsoft seems to be done with the phrase. :-)
• I give it a '9' (Score:2)

  by wickline (135)

  all my organs are still functioning, so it must not be as bad as Vogon poetry.
  
  -matt
  
  • Re:I give it a '9' (Score:2)

    by vsergu (505)

    Maybe an 8.
  • Re:I give it a '9' (Score:2)

    by gizmo_mathboy (782)

    I would give it a 9 as well.
    
    However, I am in negotiation with the French and Russian judges and may give it a rating of 1 depending upon the outcome of those talks.
• Indifference (Score:2)

  by belg4mit (967)

  ~5

  --
  Were that I say, pancakes?
• ~5 (Score:2)

  by ask (83)

  Not really funny.
  
  "Perl NT" as jjohn suggested is good though. :)

  --
  

  -- ask bjoern hansen [askbjoernhansen.com], !try; do();
• Tally (Score:1)

  by Allison (3003)

  Okay, looks like a "yuck", but not as overwhelmingly "yuck" as I expected. It wasn't my idea, and I'm trying to decide how strenuously to object to it. I'm torn: I'm a Trek geek, but TNG has been over-used (abused?) in the past 15 years.

  (Don't worry, I'm not looking for a new name for the Perl 6 project, just a tagline for a book.)

  Thanks, guys!
• Does this thing go to 12? (Score:2)

  by hfb (74)

  Unless it comes with a boobatious Counsellor Troi who can save the perl generation with her empathic skills I'd say it's hackneyed even around computer geeks.

  How about 'Leave it to Perl' and I'll let you guess who gets to play 'the beav' :)
  • Counsellor Troi (Score:1)

    by Allison (3003)

    Right, she goes on my list of possible recruits. ;)
• bleargh (Score:1)

  by chromatic (983)

  Unless it's The Next Generation of Perl, it's worse than putting a goat on the cover! Now if you could talk them into something like Perl for the Next Twenty Years, that might work better.
  • Re:bleargh (Score:1)

    by Allison (3003)

    That's a sheep, a Barbary sheep [americazoo.com] to be specific. Nat's gonna love it. ;)

    My vote's on "The Community's Rewrite of Perl".