One big reason for people liking Perl is that it's a quick, compact language. Why then is this the only of a gazillion message boards (that I know of) that requires the use of tags for something as simple as a line break? Can't anyone who maintains this board figure out how to add an auto-line-break feature?
Same reason vrooms XP is whatever it is. Perlmonks formatting works the way it does, and is in no way a reflection on perl.
... Well, thanks to my regex HTML parser ...
1. So what?
JavaJunkies runs on perl, and some people were baffled that a site about java wasn't done in java. One has nothing to do with the other.

2. What couldn't you do that with an existing html parser that you had to roll your own?
Reusing proven tools improves productivity. I fail to see why the perlmonks should help people debug regexes for html parsing any more than they should help someone roll their own CGI.pm. It's just a waste of time.

update: You want autobreaking, make like a good perlmonk and suggest the feature effectively. I for one would not like it one bit, cause I've been formatting my posts by hand for 2-3 years now, and I ain't gonna change any time soon.

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In reply to Re: Perl Monks hypocrisy by PodMaster
in thread Perl Monks hypocrisy by Wassercrats

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