Judging by the code I see at PerlMonks and in the various CPAN source I have looked at, post-fix statements are pervasive among experienced Perl users. I think partly this is true because they break through the clutter of more conventional languages to make "simple things simple" and clear.

It is somewhat the difference between writing short comprehensible sentences in prose and writing longer tortuous incomprehensible meandering sentences that are harder to parse and harder to understand. Perl encourages short comprehensible sentences.

Optimising for fewest key strokes only makes sense transmitting to Pluto or beyond

In reply to Re^7: What esteemed monks think about changes necessary/desirable in Perl 7 outside of OO staff by GrandFather
in thread What esteemed monks think about changes necessary/desirable in Perl 7 outside of OO staff by likbez

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