Talk:Perl

Influence of COBOL on Perl?
Talk:COBOL. Apokrif (talk) 23:22, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
 * What about Python? Perl influence on Python, I'm having trouble to see this. Apart from the infobox Python is mentioned only two times in the entire article. Surprising enough, but certainly not due to influence, at least not in that direction. Perl came out in 87, Python 91, did Guido even know about it by the time? And influenced what? Python is about as different as it gets, and if it's about regexes then Perl "influenced" just about anything, only problem is it didn't exactly invent those either. It is less easy to argue that Python rather influenced Perl 5: Larry Wall pretty much took his inspiration for the OO extension from there. Not a secret and quite easy to cite. If anything, Python is listed in precisely the wrong row. -92.76.164.116 (talk) 04:05, 3 June 2021 (UTC)

Article cites wikipage, wikipage cites article
The article references https://www.wired.com/2007/12/dec-18-1987-perl-simplifies-the-labyrinth-that-is-programming-language/ but the Wired article says (Source: Wikipedia). This might warrant source removal/ensuring accuracy of any circularly cited facts. Bcjordan (talk) 01:41, 16 August 2023 (UTC)