I care more about the writeability of a language, than of the readability.

• How easy is it to start a new function? How much "junk" do you have to write as a basic framework for any addition?
• Can I remember how to do it right easily, or does it pretty much require to copy/paste a boilerplate for the code before starting?
• Can I express what I want easily without having to jump through too many hoops? This mostly boils down to: what kind of stuff can I pass as parameters?
• If I change my mind ever so slightly, do I have to rewrite a lot of code just to fit the change?
• How tricky is it to get it right?

And, last but not least: how fast does it run?

Needless to say, for me, Perl scores highly on all these points.

---

---

Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!

Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.

Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.

Please read these before you post! —

• How do I compose an effective node title?
• How do I post a question effectively?
• Markup in the Monastery

Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:

a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr

You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)

	For:		Use:
	&		&
	<		&lt;
	>		&gt;
	[		&#91;
	]		&#93;

Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?

See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.