in reply to Perl is too blankety-blank easy!

samizdat,
I think perl is too easy for a different reason. That reason is best left to a meditation of its own but I will summarize here.

Perl allows too many incompetent non-programmers write working* code without forcing them to grow as a programmer.

One can argue the merits of the above statement, both for and against, until they are blue in the face. That is the reason why it would be better served as its own meditation.

* For some definitions of working

Cheers - L~R

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Re^2: Perl is too blankety-blank easy!
by samizdat (Vicar) on May 08, 2007 at 17:26 UTC
    Now THAT's a meditation I will gladly chime in on, but not in this thread. Welcome back, L~R, we've missed you. :)

    As a follow-on to my original rant^H^H^H^Hposting, let me say that I'll also bet good money that the examples I presented are more likely "features" added by requirements dictated by some creatures other than programmers. We do it often enough to ourselves that my point is still valid, but I should give brickbats where brickbats are actually usually due.

    Bearing in mind that the current corporate owner of the aforementioned software is well known (for longer than most of us have been programming) for being really full of its own self-importance, and yet is still successfully in business, we might conclude that being obnoxious is good for the bottom line, but I really hope we won't.

    Don Wilde
    "There's more than one level to any answer."
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Re^2: Perl is too blankety-blank easy!
by wjw (Priest) on May 09, 2007 at 01:25 UTC
    Agreed about that meditation... I can imagine there would be some animated responses.. :-)
    • ...the majority is always wrong, and always the last to know about it...
    • The Spice must flow...
    • ..by my will, and by will alone.. I set my mind in motion
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