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		buster on Jan 23, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why I Stuck With Perl I don't know.. the article basically comes down to "i use perl because someone helped me at some point, when using it"... I don't think i would base such a decision on that..

draegtun on Jan 23, 2011 [–]

I think the article was really about how useful the CPAN testing ecosystem was (and still is) to the author.

Someone (in the community) being helpful was just an added bonus :)

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