[Gllug] Office software -> c/c++ debate

[David Damerell]

On , 17 Nov 2001, Nix wrote:
>On Sat, 17 Nov 2001, Pete Ryland stipulated:
>>          "TMTOWTDI" might be an advantage in perl, for example, but I
>> reckon that trying to maintain some 10000-line C++ monster written by
>> someone else in their style can be a nightmare.
>I can't see why perl differs from C++ here. Indeed, perl has even *more*
>barmy syntax than C++!

No-one sane tries to write 10^5 line idiosyncratic programs in Perl
and then expects other people to maintain them.

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David Damerell <damerell at chiark.greenend.org.uk> flcl?

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