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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (20 children)

For all of those, Lisp is the more logical choice. Plus, whitespace as syntax is the worst possible design decision.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (7 children)

Lisp is the more logical choice.

Relevant XKCD. Python has replaced Perl, but things have otherwise changed quite little.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Perl is the only language that looks just as incomprehensible before and after a rot13 transformation.

Python on the other hand is the only language that will cause your application to stop working because you mixed up tabs and spaces, even though it looks perfectly fine on your scr.

And lisp is hard to say if you have one.

Edit: aa -> after a

[–] cfi 2 points 2 months ago

Perl is the only language that looks just as incomprehensible before and after a rot13 transformation.

APL would like a word, though I imagine ROT13 on APL source code might actually be horrific.

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