From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,dd4586b9dd51c602 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Randal Schwartz Subject: Re: general-purpose vs. domain-specific programming languages Date: 1998/01/16 Message-ID: <8cpvlsnv9k.fsf@gadget.cscaper.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 316603295 Sender: news-merlyn@gadget.cscaper.com References: <98010512040396@psavax.pwfl.com> <34b4e5f8.997361@news.mindspring.com> To: munck@acm.org Organization: Stonehenge Consulting Services; Portland, Oregon, USA Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1998-01-16T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: >>>>> "Robert" == Robert Munck 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," -- Name: Randal L. Schwartz / Stonehenge Consulting Services (503)777-0095 Keywords: Perl training, UNIX[tm] consulting, video production, skiing, flying Email: Snail: (Call) PGP-Key: (finger merlyn@teleport.com) Web: My Home Page! Quote: "I'm telling you, if I could have five lines in my .sig, I would!" -- me