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This is true enough in non-dynamic languages such as C. If I recall, Ruby and Python support the arbitrary code bit in their own fashion, so this isn't a point strictly in favour of Perl.
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  1. Does it work?
  2. Can someone else come in, make a change, and be reasonably certain no bugs were introduced?

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Re^4: regex in perl and Java
by blazar (Canon) on Jul 17, 2008 at 21:49 UTC

    I personally believe that (oh... well... then) it won't be strictly a point in favour of Perl, but it will still be slightly so due to the fact that "their" arebitrary code won't be just as sexy as ours! :)

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