Perl has been called "the first post-modern programming language" by its creator and the motto is "There's more than one way to do it". Both of these describe

Perl has been called "the first post-modern programming language" by its creator and the motto is "There's more than one way to do it". Both of these describe a write-only language, and Perl doesn't disappoint. Yes, I have seen well readable Perl code, it exists. But the language doesn't nudge you that way.