Late reply, but meh.
On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 10:43:21AM +1300, Michael JasonSmith wrote:
> * Perl suffers the same problem as TCL, sh and (non-visual) Basic
> in that it is hard write a program over 25 lines that does not
> descend into a pile of spaghetti. Other languages ? such as
> Moduala-2, C, Smalltalk and Python ? force you to write
> structured code that is easy to read and maintain. The good
> ones, like Samlltalk and Python, do it in such a way you do not
> even know you are being encouraged to write good code.
Crap. As has been said, C, and Python, that I know about, are not immune to
the 'crap code' syndrome. Smalltalk on the other hand, I have played with
(way back in uni), and I'd agree that it encourages neat code, but it's
again not immune.
I'd defend perl, and say that it's more than easy to create a >25 line
application that is neat, tidy, and well presented. I don't write perl
often, but when I do, I find it elegant and to the point.
Python, on the other hand, I've tried to code, and my eyes still hurt.
If the programmer's a moron, the code will be crap.
All in all, language choice boils down to the programmer. I'm happy for
others to hate perl, and love python. I know they're wrong, and that's all
that matters.
Mike.
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