Shit like this is why Perl gets under my skin. The best way to do anything in Perl always seems to be some side effect of a clever hack, instead of actually sol

Shit like this is why Perl gets under my skin. The best way to do anything in Perl always seems to be some side effect of a clever hack, instead of actually solving the damn problem expressively. The equivalent in Ruby? gem list $GEMNAME It's shorter and more clear. Take that, Perl golfers!