"Perl is prone to obfuscation: There is too much to argue here, maybe it is a matter of taste. In my opinion, you can write pretty obfuscated or very readable code in Perl."

The easier something is to use, the easier it is for people to abuse :P

On a serious note, I hear that from time to time when speaking to php/.net programmers. My usual argument to this point is that individuals can write ugly code in most languages, but to me that says more about the individual than the language. Your code is well document and commented right? :P

IMHO this Perl myth is covered particularly well in Perl Best Practices.

Cheers,

Martin

In reply to Re: Revisiting the old clichés of programming languages by marto
in thread Revisiting the old clichés of programming languages by citromatik

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