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August 10, 2021 by ricmac 1 comment on "1994: How Perl Became the Foundation of Yahoo"

1994: How Perl Became the Foundation of Yahoo

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development story of Yahoo throughout 1994 — which is the focus of this article. In particular, we’ll explore how a scripting language invented by Larry Wall in 1987, called Perl, became the glue that made Yahoo stick in the public consciousness.

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