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i have read that same point said multiple times on hn about both common lisp and perl, including in a recent thread about perl.
by fuzztester 1y ago
i have read that same point said multiple times on hn about both common lisp and perl, including in a recent thread about perl.
- keyle 1y agoThe difference is that going back to Go code you've written a few years ago, isn't nearly as bad as going back to Perl code you've written a few years ago!
- fredrikholm 1y agoAnd having written a lot of Common Lisp, Go code is extraordinarily straight forward in a sense where every developer writes in almost the exact same style. This is not true for Common Lisp (even though it's not as bad as people make it out to be). I feel the exact same way with C versus C++, even if I was the person to write the C++.
- fuzztester 1y agoNonsense! Different strokes for different folks! I feel very leery of people who end their sentences with exclamation marks! ;)
- fuzztester 1y agoas is often said on hn, the plural of anecdote is not data. and ... different strokes for different folks. qed.
- thiht 1y agoIf someone said that about Perl, they're lying.
- fuzztester 1y agothen the person on hn who said that is a liar. hey, chatgpt, quick, what's the shrug emoji? ah disremember.