Well, you've certainly asked for a lot. First things first: making perl pretty. Well, perltidy does a pretty good job in my opinion.
Abbreviated terms could be given an actual English word. One-character symbols/operators could be assigned a word.
perldoc English ;)

Also of help here are editor features. Vim has "abbreviations" which allow you to type one thing and another pops out. It's as easy as ":ab <before> <after>". Of course, this assumes that you fancy vi-like editors. I can't imagine that vi is the only editor to have this feature though. But, as long as we're on the subject of vim (and who doesn't like a good editor flamewar?), I find that it is a pretty good Perl development environment. Between syntax highlighting, automatic indentation, and code folding, I do alright by it.

thor

Feel the white light, the light within
Be your own disciple, fan the sparks of will
For all of us waiting, your kingdom will come

In reply to Re: Universal Translator by thor
in thread Universal Translator by tomtomorrow

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