Hacky perl can't be highlighted Sensibly written perl highlights just fine - and you really need to commit intentional pathology to break the modern vim/emacs/

Hacky perl can't be highlighted Sensibly written perl highlights just fine - and you really need to commit intentional pathology to break the modern vim/emacs/etc. highlighters. Personally I find syntax highlighters less helpful and more annoying than the wavy green line grammar check in word, but as a consultant I get to use editors with highlighting often enough and don't remember the last time I broke one ...