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Lol, what? Why? Are you that bad at programming that you can't structure code well without guardrails?

• LanceH 3y ago
  Lots of bad code was written in Perl by people who didn't know how to program. This is a feature, though. Tons of valuable software was created with the assistance of a language that attempts to get things done more than it tries to hold people to the implementor's dogma.
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• inferiorhuman 3y ago
  If you'd like to spend your time thumping your chest, go right ahead. I'd rather code.
  • uhtred 3y ago
    Not at all, I'm an average programmer at best. But writing well structured code is about being conscientious of your team mates, it's about not being a show off, it's about not being arrogant even if you are the smartest person in the room, it's about reading some books on clean code, knowing what KISS is. If someone can't write readable, maintainable, understandable code unless the language has certain guard rails in place, then they aren't doing the above things and I would consider them a toxic team mate, no matter how much of a rock star programmer they are.
    • inferiorhuman 3y ago
      If someone can't write readable, maintainable, understandable code I never claimed that it's impossible to write legible code in Perl. Perhaps work on your reading comprehension before doing all your chest thumping? it's about reading some books on clean code It's about choosing the right tool for the job. Perl offers a number of enticements to write illegible code that other languages do not.