One can certainly hack out some very maintainable Perl code. I agree 100%. I just started doing some work on an old 10kloc Perl app I wrote 3 years ago and beca

One can certainly hack out some very maintainable Perl code. I agree 100%. I just started doing some work on an old 10kloc Perl app I wrote 3 years ago and because I planned it out in a sensible manner, have been able to jump in without too much trouble. But I've also choked when trying to work on trivial scripts I tossed together in a rush. I've always found Python to naturally follow more maintainable code patterns -- and it seems really designed with a philosophy towards that goal. But I've always liked Perl better since the code flows more like how I think (at least in a write once kind of way).