I find that any argument along the lines of "Oh goodness, it's [YEAR] for crying out loud" is generally rubbish. Not always, but often enough that I've noticed the correlation.
I know Perl, I know Ruby, I know Brainfuck and I know Awk. I'm also not a masochist. I don't use Brainfuck but I use the hell out of Awk. Myself and other Awk users like 4ad here aren't using Awk because we're crazy, we've calculated effort/rewards/tradeoffs and come upon a solution.
I find people suggesting that others should or should not use various tools to be incredibly condescending. In doing so you are effectively refusing to recognize others as your peers. If you're Dijkstra and everyone around you has a hardon for GOTO, then be my guest, but you are not.
I know Perl, I know Ruby, I know Brainfuck and I know Awk. I'm also not a masochist. I don't use Brainfuck but I use the hell out of Awk. Myself and other Awk users like 4ad here aren't using Awk because we're crazy, we've calculated effort/rewards/tradeoffs and come upon a solution.
I find people suggesting that others should or should not use various tools to be incredibly condescending. In doing so you are effectively refusing to recognize others as your peers. If you're Dijkstra and everyone around you has a hardon for GOTO, then be my guest, but you are not.