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That was the harshest criticism of Conway's "Perl Best Practices" I've seen. Details and exact choices of libraries can be discussed, but... could you be more
by berntb 17y ago
That was the harshest criticism of Conway's "Perl Best Practices" I've seen.
Details and exact choices of libraries can be discussed, but... could you be more specific?
Or were you talking of 1990s code, before e.g. testing took over the Perl world? Nah, straw men like that on HN... not possible.
- joe_the_user 17y agoIn my experience, Perl has inherent problems with readability on a line-by-line basis. I don't think that there's anything that can be added to change this - testing would prove a line does certain things but given that a test isn't complete specification, testing couldn't by itself change the readability problem. Again, Perl would have more justification if Ruby wasn't visible
- berntb 17y agoIf someone references a book with author/title, PLEASE at least check a review on the web before commenting. I was hoping that any answer might be insightful. (Readability is mostly a function of familiarity. Everything has advantages/disadvantages, if I'd list the problems with Perl, readability wouldn't be there.)
- berntb 17y agoHere is a new comment (with links etc) on "Perl best practices" http://www.dagolden.com/index.php/199/time-for-second-edition-perl-best-practices/ http://www.dagolden.com/index.php/199/time-for-second-editio...