Perl

A brief history of programming...

Fireship

Scripting language known for text processing and rapid development.

Jeremy Howard: fast.ai Deep Learning Courses and Research | Lex Fridman Podcast #35

Lex Fridman

A scripting language that Jeremy Howard found flexible and used extensively for his email company FastMail in the late 90s/early 2000s.

UNIX Special: Profs Kernighan & Brailsford - Computerphile

Computerphile

Guido van Rossum: Python and the Future of Programming | Lex Fridman Podcast #341

Lex Fridman

A programming language that uses the dollar sign for variables, noted for its strong regular expression engine and past popularity in biosciences.

David "DHH" Heinemeier Hansson — The Power of Being Outspoken | The Tim Ferriss Show

Tim Ferriss

A programming language that inspired Ruby's creator.

Peter Wang: Python and the Source Code of Humans, Computers, and Reality | Lex Fridman Podcast #250

Lex Fridman

A family of two high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming languages. Peter Wang was proficient in Perl for scripting but found Python's design motif more intuitive and fitting for his mental model.

Travis Oliphant: NumPy, SciPy, Anaconda, Python & Scientific Programming | Lex Fridman Podcast #224

Lex Fridman

A programming language that Travis used, but found Python significantly more readable, noting Perl's culture of compact, often unreadable code.

Rebuilding Git for AI Agents and The Future of Developer Tools | Deep Dives with a16z

a16z Deep Dives

A programming language originally used for Git scripts, highlighting the evolution of developer tools and terminology.