With Perl there’s always the temptation to completely eschew any readability by using its incredibly powerful and loose syntax to create programs that are indis

With Perl there’s always the temptation to completely eschew any readability by using its incredibly powerful and loose syntax to create programs that are indistinguishable from line noise. You can write some absurdly powerful, really terse programs that make absolutely no fucking sense to anyone else. Some people see this as a point of pride - Perl golfing etc.