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I'll never understand this Perl readability sentiment. Any time I've ever tried to look into <insert random open source C project>, I typically find the most e
by Solvency 3y ago
I'll never understand this Perl readability sentiment.
Any time I've ever tried to look into <insert random open source C project>, I typically find the most esoteric and tersely named functions inhumanly imaginable. Variables like gt, pn, r8, _on, etc. I mean terse to a point of cruelty. And yet these projects often have hundreds of contributors who are happy to gloss over said unreadability, or at least forgive it more than Perl.
- autoexec 3y agoYou can write unreadable code in any language, and I also find complaints about about perl being unreadable unfair, but I have to admit that it does give you so much freedom that it's easier to end up with poorly written code than it is in some other languages. When I need to throw something quick and dirty together I love that freedom, but you do have to apply some self-discipline when you move to something more complex since it isn't imposed on you all the time.
- WesolyKubeczek 3y agoIt may happen when one directly translates into code an algorithm, a concept, or a formula from mathematics, physics, or computer science theory, where all the symbols are terse, you're supposed to have read a hefty book or stack of papers where those are introduced, and the author laments the demise of APL with all the nifty symbols it had. Oh, and you're fully expected to speak their argot fluently, of course, otherwise you're a castaway to be thrown stones at.