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From: "Frank J. Lhota" <NOSPAM.frank@binartek.com>
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Subject: Why Perl?
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I have used Icon for over a decade. Recently, I went through the Perl
tutorial. For the most part, I am amazed that Perl has become the dominant
language for text processing. About the only area where Perl could be
considered to Icon is in report generation, and even this advantage could be
obtained in Icon with the appropriate library. Why, then, has Perl become so
popular while Icon remains (relatively) obscure?