{"id":9612,"date":"2005-10-26T15:25:09","date_gmt":"2005-10-26T12:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/10\/26\/perl-vs-java-vs-any-other-programming-language\/"},"modified":"2005-10-26T15:25:09","modified_gmt":"2005-10-26T12:25:09","slug":"perl-vs-java-vs-any-other-programming-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/10\/26\/perl-vs-java-vs-any-other-programming-language\/","title":{"rendered":"Perl vs. Java vs. any other programming language"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.livejournal.com\/users\/publius_ovidius\/\">Ovid<\/a> once again does <a title=\"The Computer Jihad\" href=\"http:\/\/www.livejournal.com\/users\/publius_ovidius\/153328.html\">an excellent job<\/a>.  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