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minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·4 months agoThat’s not quite the argument you might think it is
minus-squareRob Bos@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoheheh. I wasn’t really making an argument though
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoThe joke was that Perl is a clusterfuck
minus-squareRob Bos@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoIt certainly has its issues. I find that the things people have trouble with are the things I tend to like about it. Of course, reading it later is a problem sometimes. :) Write only language! I still reach for it sometimes.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoThe point of code is to be read by other humans, not just computers.
minus-squareRob Bos@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoSure. Nothing stopping you writing readable well commented perl. Just avoid some of the more terse statements. It can be a challenge though. Shrug. If you don’t like Perl, don’t use it.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoBut I want to mock it good-naturedly, too.
That’s not quite the argument you might think it is
Argument?
You know, the stuff in @_
heheh. I wasn’t really making an argument though
The joke was that Perl is a clusterfuck
It certainly has its issues. I find that the things people have trouble with are the things I tend to like about it. Of course, reading it later is a problem sometimes. :)
Write only language!
I still reach for it sometimes.
The point of code is to be read by other humans, not just computers.
Sure. Nothing stopping you writing readable well commented perl. Just avoid some of the more terse statements. It can be a challenge though.
Shrug. If you don’t like Perl, don’t use it.
But I want to mock it good-naturedly, too.