Full Ack. Programming is not just stuffing lines of code together, it's a form of engineering. It involves planning, conception *and* execution. A C programmer that is unexperienced with Perl will probably not be able to manage a 500_000 lines project in Perl. On the other hand, I, as a Perl dev, wouldn't be able to handle a 500_000 lines project in C.

Language does matter, as well as the knowledge of that language. So, in my eyes, all those "C is more manageable than Perl" comparisons/fights/arguments are (excuse the word) crap. If everyone could just admit that *he* couldn't, I'd feel much more comfortable talking about differences of programming languages. There's a big space between "I don't believe a 1 million Perl project is manageable" and "I don't believe I could manage a 1 million Perl project." Just like it is with the difference of "C is more manageable than Perl" and "I'd be able to manage larger projects in C than in Perl."