The culprit of the 'ugly Perl' meme is the $ character, all the rest is just a rationalisation of the first impression: http://perlalchemy.blogspot.com/2011/01/

The culprit of the 'ugly Perl' meme is the $ character, all the rest is just a rationalisation of the first impression: http://perlalchemy.blogspot.com/2011/01/is-responsible-for-ugliness-of-perl.html http://perlalchemy.blogspot.com/2011/01/is-responsible-for-u...