Perl being write only isn't a meme, it's actual reality. It is _possible_ to write readable and elegant perl, but it requires huge amounts of skill and self con

Perl being write only isn't a meme, it's actual reality. It is _possible_ to write readable and elegant perl, but it requires huge amounts of skill and self control not to mush everything into essentially a 3 line regex that happens to work =) And in for Python there is the 13th rule of the Tao of Python: "There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it." The language is built around pushing you to do things a certain way, it doesn't force you, but the correct way is usually the easiest and cleanest way.