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British Perl guru Matt Trout dead at 42 (www.theregister.com)
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[-] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Perl was once described as "the swiss army chainsaw of scripting languages." For a second I thought they meant Larry Wall. I associate Matt Trout more with his libraries and the Catalyst framework. Definitely a Perl guru tho. RIP, buddy.

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