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>> On Wed, 25 Feb 2004, Jazzy Koala <jazzy_koala@xxxxx.xxx> said:
> What's wrong in Perl? It lets one easely develope ugly code? OK,
> but then any speaking language is bad too as it lets one say ugly
> sounding distorted phrases.
Yup. I'm reminded of pudge's response from the "Some people, when
confronted with a problem, think ``I know, I'll use regular
expressions.'' Now they have two problems." comp.emacs.xemacs thread:
"A good language allows people to say "pshaw" and "ain't" and
"Barbara Streisand", no matter how unpleasant the words may sound.
It allows people to use "bad" to mean "good" no matter how obfuscated
the meaning. In fact, it allows meanings to change and evolve. It
is the responsibility of the teachers and users of the language to
act responsibly."
-- Chris Nandor, <http://groups.google.com/groups?&selm=pudge-ya02408000R0209971717090001%40news.idt.net>;
- Chris.
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Inference Group: <http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/is/>;
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