A Perl script can almost morph into its own unique language, one that exists only during the runtime of that script and then flashes out of existence like a Bol

A Perl script can almost morph into its own unique language, one that exists only during the runtime of that script and then flashes out of existence like a Boltzmann brain. To me, there's no disputing that writing Perl is like making art. The problem I have is deciding whether this is even a remotely good design decision for production code.