*grumble*
Perl should die a fiery, painful death.
That is all.
Addendum:
(12:56:07) Marisa: what is that livejournal post about?
(12:58:01) me: perl.
(12:58:50) Marisa: which is....?
(12:59:08) me: a programming language from hell.
(12:59:31) Marisa: ah.
(12:59:38) Marisa: thanks for clearing up the cryptic post
(13:00:16) me: perl looks like a cartoon character cursing:
$arg{tokens} =~ m/[!@#\$%^&*];\s]/
(13:00:26) Marisa: hahahaha
(13:02:13) me: i've been charged with translating a perl script into something readable.
(13:02:43) Marisa: at work?
(13:02:54) me: yeah.
(13:03:35) Marisa: fun.
(13:03:44) me: not really, actually.
(13:03:52) Marisa: did what you send just a second ago actually say something?
(13:05:22) me: the perl sample?
(13:07:13) Marisa: yes
(13:07:23) me: unfortunately, yes.
(13:08:02) Marisa: what did that say?
(13:09:33) me: i'm honestly not entirely sure.
(13:09:37) Marisa: hahaha
(13:09:39) Marisa: i'm sorry
(13:10:08) Marisa: what are the advantages to that code? it looks like it would be a lot more complicated than necessary if other codes can do the same thing
(13:11:15) me: perl is a quick-and-dirty do-everything language. someone proficient in it can do damn near anything pogrammatically. probably in about five lines of code. the down side is that the code is completely incomprehensible--oftentimes even to the person who wrote it.
(13:11:39) Marisa: oh great
(13:11:59) Marisa: how can it be hard for the person to read it who wrote it? that doesn't make any sense
(13:13:27) me: because it's really hard to follow. kinda like faulkner: if you're writing it, it makes sense to you. go back and read it the next day and you wonder what the hell you were thinking.
That is all.
Addendum:
(12:56:07) Marisa: what is that livejournal post about?
(12:58:01) me: perl.
(12:58:50) Marisa: which is....?
(12:59:08) me: a programming language from hell.
(12:59:31) Marisa: ah.
(12:59:38) Marisa: thanks for clearing up the cryptic post
(13:00:16) me: perl looks like a cartoon character cursing:
$arg{tokens} =~ m/[!@#\$%^&*];\s]/
(13:00:26) Marisa: hahahaha
(13:02:13) me: i've been charged with translating a perl script into something readable.
(13:02:43) Marisa: at work?
(13:02:54) me: yeah.
(13:03:35) Marisa: fun.
(13:03:44) me: not really, actually.
(13:03:52) Marisa: did what you send just a second ago actually say something?
(13:05:22) me: the perl sample?
(13:07:13) Marisa: yes
(13:07:23) me: unfortunately, yes.
(13:08:02) Marisa: what did that say?
(13:09:33) me: i'm honestly not entirely sure.
(13:09:37) Marisa: hahaha
(13:09:39) Marisa: i'm sorry
(13:10:08) Marisa: what are the advantages to that code? it looks like it would be a lot more complicated than necessary if other codes can do the same thing
(13:11:15) me: perl is a quick-and-dirty do-everything language. someone proficient in it can do damn near anything pogrammatically. probably in about five lines of code. the down side is that the code is completely incomprehensible--oftentimes even to the person who wrote it.
(13:11:39) Marisa: oh great
(13:11:59) Marisa: how can it be hard for the person to read it who wrote it? that doesn't make any sense
(13:13:27) me: because it's really hard to follow. kinda like faulkner: if you're writing it, it makes sense to you. go back and read it the next day and you wonder what the hell you were thinking.