Re: Thoughts on maintaining perl

[Elaine -HFB- Ashton]

Johan Vromans [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] quoth:
*>
*>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.

sh, awk, python, etc...all of these can be powerful languages but why does
Perl in particular have this stigma of being complex, difficult to
maintain and obfuscated? I'm not asking about the reality...rather the
perception. It's not just the PHB's who have this perception.

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