• mindbleach@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Perl is a language for programmers. This turns out to be a terrible idea. Everything actually works the first time, so you move on, and you’re left with the sloppiest inscrutable stream-of-consciousness mess that someone banged out whilst working through the problem.

    Perl is the only language where you can write more code than you read.

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      1 year ago

      That’s a problem with no coding standards, peer review, etc.

      write_good_code() or die(qw(enough rope to hang yourself));

      or die unless write_good_code();