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Good Perl code would also look pretty boring, almost like enterprise Java. I'd wager that all code that "just works", in any language, looks bland and predicta
by WesolyKubeczek 5y ago
Good Perl code would also look pretty boring, almost like enterprise Java.
I'd wager that all code that "just works", in any language, looks bland and predictable.
But I'd rather have that than cute and clever any day.
- anthk 5y agoGood Perl looks like a mix between structured SH and a dumbed down C with no pointers. Boring, as you say. But it works.
- hnick 5y agoYou say that but a lot of people just can't get over the sigils.
- sundarurfriend 5y agoAnd a lot of people just can't get over significant whitespace, and curly braces, and lispy parantheses, and semicolons. No syntax can please everyone, especially so with people unfamiliar with the language they're looking at.