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rk: it’s hyphen-minus actuallyrk@well.com
Oct 14, 2026, 7:50 PM
@dysfun @joe
…how so? I haven’t been involved heavily in Perl since, oh 2009, and really that was for a single project. Community involvement probably ended in 1999 or so.
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gaytabasedysfun@treehouse.systems
Oct 14, 2026, 7:52 PM
@rk @joe i dunno when it happened, but at some point they just became embarrassing old men on stage. larry proper lost touch with reality about 15 years ago
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rk: it’s hyphen-minus actuallyrk@well.com
Oct 14, 2026, 7:54 PM
@dysfun @joe
Ah. I do remember Larry having a few…I wouldn’t call them “rants” more “faux paternalistic comments on how the youth of today are all wrong.”
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rk: it’s hyphen-minus actuallyrk@well.com
Oct 14, 2026, 7:58 PM
@dysfun @joe
That being said if you have a more concrete example, I’d appreciate it. I’m always vaguely interested in doing some Perl 5 hacking to recapture my youth but if they’ve gone full flat earth or something I’d prefer to protect my mental health.
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gaytabasedysfun@treehouse.systems
Oct 14, 2026, 8:00 PM
@rk @joe well a disturbing number of them have gone full AI, so maybe that's worse.
honestly, i've been out for so long now because i just can't be dealing with them. haven't been to a perl event in over a decade. but it's not an isolated thing.. anyone who even got a modicum of fame in perl came out of it changed for the worse.
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