So I picked up learning perl.
Mostly using it for tooling and admin.

Kinda looks insane, but in a fun way.

Have I made a terrible mistake?

Writing code in any language is easy. Maintaining it weeks/months later - THAT's the tricky part

esp with cryptic languages, like perl

@netikras from what I gather the only real fuckery with perl is regexps. And if you're gonna use perl, it appears you should know them inside and out.

@fruitfcker "You made the correct mistake"

Thank you. But did I really?

Does anyone still use it? I just decided to play with it because it looks fun.

@Wisecrack Not only regexps. The variety of characters at play (standard cases) is much wider than any other programming language I've tried. And the combinations of those techniques/tools/features can get real confusing visually real quick

@netikras I'm already noticing that.

@Wisecrack My point exactly. And you're noticing that while writing the code, i.e. while it all is fresh in your head. Now consider diving into a code written 2 months ago - code you don't/no longer recognise :)

It's fun to write Perl scripts

it's "fun" to maintain Perl scripts

Definitely a mistake.