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Yeah, perl's bad reputation is undeserved in some ways. My definition of a bad language is one that _forces_ you to code in "bad" ways. There's very little that
by pmccool 17y ago
Yeah, perl's bad reputation is undeserved in some ways. My definition of a bad language is one that _forces_ you to code in "bad" ways. There's very little that perl forces you to do. Insofar as it's bad, it's bad in a very different way to, say, VBScript.
- andrewcooke 17y agounfortunately that logic still only makes perl a neutral language, not a good one. (i haven't used perl for years, but this isn't intended as a snark against the language, just a comment on the fact that saying something "is not bad" does not necessarily mean that it is "good")
- berntb 17y ago>>unfortunately that logic still only makes perl a neutral language, not a good one. Well.. If you believe that flexibility isn't a good thing. Edit: Flexibility do imply a need for coding standards and buying copies of "Perl best practices".