Re: Perl

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From: peter (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: Perl
Date: 15:38 on 13 Sep 2003
> Yes, and that gets more to the point.  It's not that Perl requires more
> care etc., it is that Perl makes it easier to do bad things.

OK.

Now can you elaborate on that. I'm struggling with this, somewhere I'm
supposed to have an epiphany and realise that it's not a problem if Perl
makes it easier to do bad things "than any other language or tool".

I don't feel that coming on.

Particularly since the vast majority of the things that I object to in
Perl do absolutely nothing to increase the basic expressive quality of
the language. Perl would be just as powerful without the dual overhead-
cam chrome-plated foxtails, and a lot less likely to "reward idiots".

> The problem is that you are attacking particular uses of Perl, particular
> styles of coding, which is not, in my experience, the norm.

I suppose you can be forgiven for that impression, but if you'll have a look
at the original message you'll see that was only one of the five points,
and none of the others are "particular uses of Perl".

There's stuff above here

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