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minus-squareRob BoslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoheheh. I wasn’t really making an argument though
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·3 days agoThe joke was that Perl is a clusterfuck
minus-squareRob BoslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days 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-up1·3 days agoThe point of code is to be read by other humans, not just computers.
minus-squareRob BoslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 days 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-squaremsage@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoA lots of things stop you from writing readable Perl code. You have to forget half of the syntax first. Set perlcritic to max. Force whitespaces. Download ton of packages for every little thing and hope they are cool with each other. And still deal with edge cases that make you pluck your eyes out.
minus-squareRob BoslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 days agoFVO readable for future me, it’s not so bad. I don’t have to worry about other people so much. :)
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoBut I want to mock it good-naturedly, too.
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.
A lots of things stop you from writing readable Perl code.
You have to forget half of the syntax first. Set perlcritic to max. Force whitespaces.
Download ton of packages for every little thing and hope they are cool with each other.
And still deal with edge cases that make you pluck your eyes out.
FVO readable for future me, it’s not so bad. I don’t have to worry about other people so much. :)
But I want to mock it good-naturedly, too.