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> >There's more than one way to do it, but if you don't think like Larry > >Wall none of those ways match the way you're looking for. > This isn't a problem for Perl programmers. That's kinda the point: Perl > fits the way we think. If it doesn't fit the way you think, I guess you > shouldn't use it. I would be bloody overjoyed if I had that option, mate. I would be even more overjoyed if Perl fanatics didn't toss off handfuls of line noise as if they were valid responses to legitimate hate, and then act all bleeding surprised when they're met by unenthusiastic responses. > It's not that perl programmers are idiots, it's that the language > rewards idiotic behavior in a way that no other language or tool > has ever done. > --Erik Naggum In other words, it's fragile and dangerous. Perl 6 looked like it was beginning to settle down towards something a little more solid, but it seems to have decided to incorporate features from Intercal to make up for it. > >And to release things in public I'd be embarassed to admit I'd > >written. > Sounds like a personal problem. You wouldn't be embarassed to admit to authorship of Majordodo? > It's rare I see Perl code I can't easily decipher. YMV. "But I wasn't a MASS murderer". It's rare I see Perl code I can't easily decipher. It's rare that I see Perl code that I don't have to decipher at all. I'm sure there's people who love all the software you hate. Well, some of us hate the software you love. Deal with it.There's stuff above here
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