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Lingua::Romana::Perligata – Perl for the XXI-Imum Century (2000)

76 points| rhythmvs | 11 years ago |csse.monash.edu.au | reply

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[+] yellowapple|11 years ago|reply
It's this sort of thing that's the reason why Perl will always be my favorite language, no matter how "old" it might be. Being designed to mimic the nuances of natural languages is part of its charm.
[+] mhd|11 years ago|reply
What impresses me more about this isn't that it could be done (other languages might have similar hooks into the parsing/interpretation process, but that it has been done.

Though quite often it looks like obfuscation, the playfulness of the Perl culture is something I really appreciate. Tcl shares a bit of that, as does Ruby…

[+] TazeTSchnitzel|11 years ago|reply
I really love this, it makes for a very elegant programming style. I'll admit, though, that I don't know Latin, so I can't use it.