• Rob Bos@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    Sure. Nothing stopping you writing readable well commented perl. Just avoid some of the more terse statements. It can be a challenge though.

    Shrug. If you don’t like Perl, don’t use it.

    • msage@programming.dev
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      A lots of things stop you from writing readable Perl code.

      You have to forget half of the syntax first. Set perlcritic to max. Force whitespaces.

      Download ton of packages for every little thing and hope they are cool with each other.

      And still deal with edge cases that make you pluck your eyes out.

      • Rob Bos@lemmy.ca
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        1 day ago

        FVO readable for future me, it’s not so bad. I don’t have to worry about other people so much. :)