I ♥ Perl

[sfllaw]

People who know me know that Perl is my favourite programming language ever.

Comments

[smurfmatic]

My gosh, I'm already guessing you've entered the Obfuscated Perl Code contest.

[dcoombs]

sfllaw just came over to my desk and explained this program to me. I think I understand it, but I'm no more inclined to learn Perl as a result...

[sfllaw]

You'll love it, I assure you!

[sfllaw]

Oh no. I'd be totally outclassed!

[peaceful_dragon]

Wow, and I thought I was the only old-school Perl hacker around these parts!

Not that I understand what you wrote... Perl is, after all, write-only. :-P

[sfllaw]

Write-only? I don't believe it.

[peaceful_dragon]

You should see some of the scripts I work with on a daily basis. Some of them contain 10 years of accumulated cruft worked on by as many people. Yikes.

[sfllaw]

No language helps you with that, my friend.

However, mastery of the idioms of a language can really help. Unfortunately, it will make you cry more often.

[denkizero]

you just brought sunshine to an otherwise dork-free day.

thanks. ;)

[sfllaw]

Happy to oblige!

[eveglass]

Should it bother me that I have absolutely no idea what that means?

[sfllaw]

Minime!

I'm not bothered by my incomprehension of Latin. :)

[eveglass]

Fair enough. Then I shall continue to write in incomprehensible Latin, and you may continue to write in incomprehensible code.

[sfllaw]

Gratias tibi ago!

[blacksquiggles]

way beyond geek, the coloured font adds extra nerd points too
sheesh :)

[sfllaw]

Aww... I'm flattered! :)