From: Randal Schwartz <merlyn@stonehenge.com>
To: munck@acm.org
Subject: Re: general-purpose vs. domain-specific programming languages
Date: 1998/01/16
Date: 1998-01-16T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8cpvlsnv9k.fsf@gadget.cscaper.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 34b4e5f8.997361@news.mindspring.com
>>>>> "Robert" == Robert Munck <munck@Mill-Creek-Systems.com> writes:
Robert> Perl also has the interesting characteristic that novices tend
Robert> to write fairly straightforward, easy-to-read code, but
Robert> experienced programmers use various syntatic and semantic
Robert> constructs that make their code completely unreadable.
That's only when we're in "code to impress" mode. When I'm being paid
by a client to write stuff that has to be maintained long after I'm
gone, I stick with the basics.
Robert> It's the perfect hack language.
This, I must agree.
print "Just another Perl hacker,"
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Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1998-01-05 0:00 general-purpose vs. domain-specific programming languages Marin David Condic, 561.796.8997, M/S 731-96
1998-01-07 0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
1998-01-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1998-01-08 0:00 ` Robert Munck
1998-01-09 0:00 ` nabbasi
1998-01-09 0:00 ` Philip R Ventura
1998-01-10 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1998-01-16 0:00 ` Randal Schwartz [this message]
1998-01-16 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1998-01-09 0:00 ` David Wheeler
1998-01-09 0:00 ` Philip R Ventura
1998-01-07 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1998-01-08 0:00 ` Michael F Brenner
1998-01-09 0:00 ` nabbasi
1998-01-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1998-01-13 0:00 ` Thornton
1998-01-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1998-01-13 0:00 ` Thornton
1998-01-13 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1998-01-15 0:00 ` Michael F Brenner
1998-01-15 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1998-01-12 0:00 Marin David Condic, 561.796.8997, M/S 731-96
1998-01-13 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1998-01-13 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1998-01-15 0:00 ` Stephen Leake
1998-01-16 0:00 ` Randal Schwartz
1998-01-16 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
[not found] <01bd1616$a9110b40$24326489@Westley-PC.calspan.com>
1997-12-31 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
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