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		merfakos on Nov 12, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why You Should Never Use MongoDB IMHO, it's well deserved. Start by stop having those $, @, % identifiers for variables and then we 'll talk again about how many more daemons you need to impale.

draegtun on Nov 13, 2013 [–]

Sigils are what make Perl standout, in syntax and behaviour, to (most) other languages so it would be silly to get rid of them!

i.e. it's a differentiator to what is or isn't Perl.

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