On Jan 18, 2008 9:22 PM, Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey! what's with the gratuitious Perl dig? > > I do not agree that Perl is an example of "worse is better." Perl > magnifies certain sloppy programming practices because... Perl was > designed for lazy, sloppy, and smart :) programmers.
LOL! I was about to go on a rampage there with the Perl dig, hehe. A program's sloppy code is first the choice of its original programmer, then that choice is forced upon the next guy in line. While Perl may provide the means of going sloppy with code, it also can provide a means for preventing slopppiness (e.g. through Perl 5's `use warnings; use strict'; Perl 6 has strictures by default already.) Hence, Perl isn't the one to blame solely on the sloppiness; the PEBKAC is also a good suspect. Programmers CAN afford to be sloppy, if only at first. Then, when the bondage circus comes to town, its time for them to get strict, hehe. The unfortunate thing is this: many programmers see their programs as but a final product, fixed in its form and purpose, when they ought to know better. Cheers, Zakame -- Zak B. Elep || http://zakame.spunge.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] || [EMAIL PROTECTED] || [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1486 7957 454D E529 E4F1 F75E 5787 B1FD FA53 851D _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
