[Gllug] More Microsoft patents

[Doug Winter]

On Wed 12 Feb Alain Williams wrote:
> $_ & @_, etc, are part of the perl syntax. If you can't see their
> implied use then you are looking at a program that is too complex/...
> for you.  Every programmer has an ability level at which they operate:
> this will vary depending on language and application type. It
> corresponds to the experience that they have had. Trying to maintain a
> program that is beyond your level will be hard - but if it isn't too
> far above your level, you will (hopefully) learn from the effort.

Heh.  Why thankyou :)

I thought initially that my issues with perl were because of my lack of
familiarity with the language, but two years later I still had problems
reading my own code afterwards.  This is the only language I've had this
problem with.

Eventually I decided to ditch Perl, even though I had a considerable
mental investment in it, and go with C and Python depending on what I
was doing (I use Java for work too, but I'm not so keen on it).

Obviously language preferences are personal decisions, but I wouldn't
use Perl for any serious work now.  I'm quite happy to believe that
other people get on fine with it however, without them being either mad
or wrong :)

doug.

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http://www.britishsteal.com                             doug at pigeonhold.com
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