There are a couple of things that jump out at me here and scream bullshit

Well ... when one speaks with tongue firmly planted in cheek, there's always the risk that some observers will see only "bullshit".

Still, it surprises me that you saw even one (let alone two) elements of "bullshit" in the statement "TIOWTDI would mean that once you have found a solution, you have found the best possible solution" - because, to me, that statement is tautologically true ... and you surely can't get a truer "true" than a tautological one.

There's no such language where there is only one way to do things

Agreed. And one therefore wonders why we perlers bother to mention the TIMTOWTDIness of perl - given that every other language offers exactly the same.

Assuming there was only one solution, do you really want to limit yourself to it?

Ummmm ... "assuming there was only one solution" would you have any choice other than "to limit yourself to it" ?

Cheers,
Rob

In reply to Re^3: Some thoughts around the "is Perl code maintainable" discussion by syphilis
in thread Some thoughts around the "is Perl code maintainable" discussion by oyse

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