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Article #4321Re: Relative Speed of Perl vs. Tcl vs. C
From: Mike Nakagawa
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 06:08
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 06:08
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John Viega wrote: > > However, I think that it is quite > unfortunate that the languages that see the most use and support today > cater to the beginning programmer not at all. > > John > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------| > But John, this particular occupation has competitions for the most unreadable *working* code. The fault lies with its practitioners, not with the language. In defense of Perl see Camel pg 10: (The paragraph that starts near the top of the page. It begins with "But you can write it however you want.") Camel pgs 364-374. (Trade offs? What's a trade-off?) As *programmers*, we choose our sins :-).
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