What matters is the kind of person someone is on the inside:
that person's values, morals, and actions. Outside appearances aren't what really matter in life.

But that said, sometimes nice clothes can make you feel better about yourself, or think (at least initially) more highly about someone you've just met.

There's an analogy with code: while snappily dressed code is no guarantee of quality --
"pretty" code could be total crap (bad algorithm / inefficient algorithm / incorrect algorithm / slow / buggy / untested / etc) --
often good code is "well dressed."

What makes code "pretty" or "well-dressed"?

I'd suggest well-designed

This wandering meditation is a round-about praise for GetOpt::Declare, Term::ProgressBar, and perltidy.

Anyone want to suggest their favorite "fancy clothes" mods?

water,water everywhere

In reply to Nice clothes (Term::ProgressBar, perltidy, Getopt::Declare) by water

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