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[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

The point of code is to be read by other humans, not just computers.

[-] rbos@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

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.

[-] msage@programming.dev 2 points 2 days ago

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.

[-] rbos@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

FVO readable for future me, it's not so bad. I don't have to worry about other people so much. :)

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

But I want to mock it good-naturedly, too.

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