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What's the dumbest reason you've learned a programming language? (programming.dev)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Incorrect. Perl does the same just as well, and it's a language that actually makes sense while also being uglier.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

In my experience Perl is a write-only language. Coming in behind someone else and fixing or writing their code is often slower than just rewriting it

[–] felbane 4 points 5 months ago

Perl is definitely a WORN language.

Write Once, Read Never

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Perl is partially readable, provided that it's your own code. The one thing perl coders hate the most, is other people's code.

Source: Am a perl coder

[–] Anticorp 2 points 5 months ago

I'll admit, I have zero experience with Pearl. I do like the uglier point you made though. 50+ DKP