Ha ha, so there's ESR discrediting Perl in a public domain hacker-culture dictionary - that he happens to maintain - and the PerlMonks ... what ? have a long debate on what "elegance" means in regard to coding. :)
_Of course_ he used an abstract fuzzy concept, there's no technical argument in such terms, only bias and illogic {sy,e}mpathy. :) Almost all languages have inherent dormant "elegance", it is within the power of their users whether it is used or not and to which extent. (I guess if the language is a real beastie, than the hacker must really have strong "elegance" foo, but that's not the case with Perl, is it? :) )

I think Mutant's initial point is valid though. This kindof entries in the Jargon are sad, they seem to turn it into a hacker uncyclopedia. Maybe new maintainership is needed there.

Just my ¢2. 

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In reply to Re: How do you define "elegant"? by zgrim
in thread How do you define "elegant"? by Mutant

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