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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?

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  • 12
    You made the correct mistake
  • 6
    Writing code in any language is easy. Maintaining it weeks/months later - THAT's the tricky part

    esp with cryptic languages, like perl
  • 2
    @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.
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    @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.
  • 2
    @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
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    @netikras I'm already noticing that.
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    @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
  • 3
    Definitely a mistake.
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