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Sometimes, those shortcuts can be a little counterproductive,
though. Perl is famous for its ability to create programs
that are entirely illegible to everyone but the developer who
wrote them. The Perl community even has obfuscation contests
to see who can write the most unintelligible Perl code!

Unfair! You can write unintelligible code in any language!
It is just easier to write unintelligible code in Perl,
just as it is easier to write readable code with Perl.

In reply to Re: What Does Microsoft Think of Perl? by rbc
in thread What Does Microsoft Think of Perl? by Gurr

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