And interesting idea, that perl is a metaphor for the decline of western society ... i rather like it :-)
But, since this is philsophical, there is no right/left/wrong, only opinion. In my opinion, as un-humble as it may be, the choices are what makes Perl great. As i have many time looked at my old code and thought "what in the hell was i thinkning ?", i do prefer that to spending years on a language and learning only that i can change the syntax the smallest bit with no noticable optimization. In short, the choices make for some horrible code, but they give me a sence of style with the way i do things .... without it, the decline of western society could be blamed on all writing the same code. None of us will ever know, and sometime, thats just fine.
my own worst enemy
-- MZSanford

In reply to Re: Too Many Ways To Do It by MZSanford
in thread Too Many Ways To Do It by George_Sherston

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