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It's very simple. Anyone who says that one programming language is inferior or superior to another, especially mixing and matching with phrases such as "is for newbies" and "is a dead language" is not a true programmer. EVERY language has its high and low points, and every programmer is different. Just because some of you get eye strain from looking at Perl (I know I do sometimes) does not mean you have to downgrade a language that is extremely powerful just because you don't like it. I personally like PHP over Perl for web development, but Perl definately has its uses, and even ASP.Net has had it's uses.
The first thing a real programmer must learn is that programming languages are a method of expressing and executing logical thoughts through a physical syntax capable of being understood by a machine. There are some languages that have more capabilities than others, and some languages are much nicer on the eyes than others, but what it really comes down to is personal opinion. All programmers (at least the ones that truly think logically... you can tell because we are usually eccentric and "different") do the exact same thing when they sit down at a computer. The only difference is the way they tell the computer what to do.
So, my point here is don't bash languages or people that choose to use languages you dislike because it makes you out to look like a complete moron. Reminds me of a script kiddie.
Rant.
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