Re: Thoughts on maintaining perl

[Johan Vromans]

Horsley Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> You can be a perfectly competent programmer, writing perfectly
> wonderful perl code and it can *still* be virtually impossible for
> someone else to maintain. [...] Yes, this is true for just about any
> language, [...]

I think it has been said before: quite a few people nowadays write
programs without being able to program. The profession (or art) of
programming includes things like knowing what you do, and why, setting
deliberate goals, think before you code etc.. If a language is
sufficiently powerful there is a risk of losing track. You can buy a
chainsaw everywhere, but if you do not know how to use it on the tree
in front of your house, you risk the tree falling on the house
instead. It really does not matter whether the chainsaw is electric or
runs on liquid fuel.

-- Johan