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Comment by 18172828286177

3 days ago

> If I had to choose a language that is furthest from Perl, it might be Lisp.

Rust

They are similarly punctuation-heavy, and both use C-derived syntax, and both are imperative languages, so I would disagree.

But Perl has list-in-list-out functions, just like Lisp. Sure, they don't look alike, but they have this important characteristic in common.

I'd say Perl is the fruit of the marriage between shell and Lisp.