I kind of liked the idea of putting in the mood of the programmer in comments. 
# code to mimic uniq(1)

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# mode: divine
my @result = do {
  my %counter;
  grep ++$counter{$_} == 2, @input;
};

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# mode: tired
for (@input) {
  $multiples{$_}++;
}
for keys( %multiples ) { 
  print "$_\n" if (--$multiples{$_});
}

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(And yes, both example stolen from Get All Duplicated Elements in an Array (Once, without shifting), and I mean absolutly nothing with the different modes.)
And when refactoring this code, a mode that suggest that the programmer was tired, drunk or thought him-/herself being merlyn is prime candidates for a rewrite.

In reply to Re^2: How not to write subroutines by nacka
in thread How not to write subroutines by gustavderdrache

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