>> The language is so permissive that it allows newbs to write bad code but still obtain results How is this different than any other language? You can write b

>> The language is so permissive that it allows newbs to write bad code but still obtain results How is this different than any other language? You can write bad code in any language. Perl might allow for more obfuscated code which really makes it harder to read - but that again reflects on the programmer - not the language. Take a look at a code in PHP, Python, C, or any language written by "newbs" and you will see poor practices used everywhere.