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I was recently reading L<chromatic's
blog|http://modernperlbooks.com/mt/index.html>, and came across a link
to L<this reddit comment
thread|http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/8p5vy/do_you_want_fast_concise_and_reliable_code_try/>.

Basically, this is how Perl-related articles usually turn out on
Reddit.  Someone posts an article that says something good about Perl,
and then the commenters ignore the article and rant about whatever
they didn't like about Perl fifteen years ago.

It's easy to get upset and provide a point-by-point rebuttal to
correct the obviously incorrect "facts" that the commenters are so
sure about.  People do this, and then the replies are along the lines
of "suck my cock."  Because of L<this level of
stupidity|http://reddit.com/user/FlySwat/>, I stopped reading Reddit
months ago, and I think you should too.

It is a waste of time to say the same thing over and over again.  We
already know you know why Perl is good.  Anyone that wants objective
information about Perl can find it.  The people on Reddit don't care
about facts, there are just there to feel good about their ignorance,
somewhat like L<Fred Phelps'|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Phelps>
L<church|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westboro_Baptist_Church>.  (God
hates Perl programmers!)  They like to hear themselves talk, but they
don't actually have anything to say.

These people are not programmers.  They haven't ever written a
computer program, and they have only studied them in passing.  It is
not worth engaging them; they have nothing to add, and they will waste
your time and patience.  Just say no!

If you really want to advocate Perl or good programming practices in
general, your best bet is to write some code and share your knowlege
on your own web site.  The people that find you writing will actually
care enough to think about it and provide you with useful feedback,
and the people that are just trying to find some excuse to not work
will never see it.  You will save yourself a lot of frustration this
way, trust me.

Enjoy programming first, worry about other people later.
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