It looks so nice and is so readable.

I disagree. It doesn't follow the code flow.

When debugging or analysing the code, you don't find out until the very end of the line whether or not you actually needed to read the line. By that point, you've had to read it anyway.

I find it quite jarring to read, for all but the simplest of expressions. Then again, I find the same thing for lists of English instructions, too. 

unlink($file) && crack_password() && sacrifice_firstborn( $child ) && 
+take_over_world( $mwahahahaha ) if ( $ignore_all_that_just_kidding);

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In reply to Re^2: If I was forced to program in another language, the Perl language feature I would miss most would be: by Anonymous Monk
in thread If I was forced to program in another language, the Perl language feature I would miss most would be: by grinder

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