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On Sun, Dec 17, 2006 at 09:36:52PM -0800, Aaron J. Grier wrote:
> this is exactly what I hate about perl. "there's more than one way to
> do it" invariably means that some dumbfucks out there will attempt to do
> it every single way possible in the language. perl apparently prides
> itself on this.
A general purpose language which can't be used in different ways to
solve different problems is not fit for purpose. Are you proposing that
programming languages should be rigid and unsuitable for a wide range of
tasks?
> I'm an engineer. not a poet.
An engineer who only ever does things, like, say, build a boiler, in one
way, without regard for how that boiler is to be used, what pressure it
will have to handle, and so on, is a pretty fucking poor excuse for an
engineer. I for one do not want someone who'll do nothing but locomotive
boilers to work on my home heating system, or someone who insists that
domestic boilers are the One True Way to work on trains.
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