← Back to context Comment by 18172828286177 3 days ago > If I had to choose a language that is furthest from Perl, it might be Lisp.Rust 3 comments 18172828286177 Reply layer8 2 days ago They are similarly punctuation-heavy, and both use C-derived syntax, and both are imperative languages, so I would disagree. forinti 1 day ago 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. johnisgood 2 days ago He said furthest. That might be Lisp or Haskell or anything along these lines.
layer8 2 days ago They are similarly punctuation-heavy, and both use C-derived syntax, and both are imperative languages, so I would disagree.
forinti 1 day ago 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.
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.
He said furthest. That might be Lisp or Haskell or anything along these lines.