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in thread Automatic downvote

Perhaps we need a new "Luke Warm Uses for Perl" section. :) Instead of "Luke Warm" we might try "Quirky" or "Wacky" or "Unorthodox". Suggestions welcome.

Of the existing sections, posting to Obfuscated code might result in fewer downvotes.

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Re^6: Automatic downvote
by jdporter (Paladin) on Apr 01, 2023 at 00:58 UTC
    Perhaps we need a new "Luke Warm Uses for Perl" section. :)

    smiley noted. :-)

    Of the existing sections, posting to Obfuscated code might result in fewer downvotes.

    It will result it lots of downvotes if it's just bad code and not true obfuscation. People have expectations. :-)

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Re^6: Automatic downvote
by Bod (Parson) on Apr 01, 2023 at 19:15 UTC
    Instead of "Luke Warm" we might try "Quirky" or "Wacky" or "Unorthodox"

    But many unorthodox uses for Perl are just ahead of their time and have yet to become mainstream...

      Bod, I'll take that as a vote for "Unorthodox".

      ... or are you suggesting that harangzsolt33's unorthodox Perl coding style is ahead of its time and will become mainstream in the future? :)

        I think this coding style was ahead of it's time in the 80s. No joke ;)

        And it's not a bad one, it's just frozen in time and ignoring what happened in the meantime°.

        He's exceptionally good in ignoring ...

        Anyway I'm not downvoting him for his coding style.²

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        °) for instance, does Tiny-Perl really have no multiline Here-Docs? All these print statements are like staring into the closet of my grandma...

        ²) which is actually Orthodox in it's antiquity

        Bod, I'll take that as a vote for "Unorthodox"

        Good plan :)

        or are you suggesting that harangzsolt33's unorthodox Perl coding style is ahead of its time

        I certainly hope not... ...progress (usually) happens for a reason.