Re^3: Meaning of Maintanability and Functionality in Coding Perl

use English does signify one important fact; the code that follows was written by a complete Perl newbie. And that's important information for any maintainer

Frequently code maintenance is performed by programmers with little experience or little experience in the language. Even if the original programmer has eons of Perl experience, the person maintaining the code may be trying to figure out a Perl program with Learning Perl by one elbow.

Aren't the winners of those contests the ones who are the most intimate with the given language? Note that Mr. Wall has won an IOCCC award, not once, but twice.

I've never read Lary Wall's resume...does he consider winning the IOCCC contest a major achievement? Again, the chances are the maintainers are less experienced than the original programmers. Eschew esoterica.

emc

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