andioop@programming.dev to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 5 months agoWhat's the dumbest reason you've learned a programming language?message-squaremessage-square148fedilinkarrow-up1122arrow-down14
arrow-up1118arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the dumbest reason you've learned a programming language?andioop@programming.dev to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square148fedilink
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-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
minus-squarefelbane@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 months agoPerl is definitely a WORN language. Write Once, Read Never
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 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
Perl is definitely a WORN language.
Write Once, Read Never