andioop@programming.dev to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 5 months agoWhat's the dumbest reason you've learned a programming language?message-squaremessage-square181fedilinkarrow-up1127arrow-down14
arrow-up1123arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the dumbest reason you've learned a programming language?andioop@programming.dev to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square181fedilink
minus-squaresexual_tomato@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·5 months agoIn my experience Perl is a write-only language. Coming in behind someone else and fixing or writing their code is often slower than just rewriting it
minus-squarefelbane@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 months agoPerl is definitely a WORN language. Write Once, Read Never
minus-squareneidu2@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 months agoPerl is partially readable, provided that it’s your own code. The one thing perl coders hate the most, is other people’s code. Source: Am a perl coder
In my experience Perl is a write-only language. Coming in behind someone else and fixing or writing their code is often slower than just rewriting it
Perl is definitely a WORN language.
Write Once, Read Never
Perl is partially readable, provided that it’s your own code. The one thing perl coders hate the most, is other people’s code.
Source: Am a perl coder