← Back to context Comment by davidwritesbugs 4 months ago The joke used to be that Perl code looked like an explosion in an apostrophe factory. 9 comments davidwritesbugs Reply dwedge 4 months ago I once accidentally piped an SSL certificate into Perl and got 40+ warnings before it realised it wasn't Perl. I'm not joking. vram22 4 months ago That's why Larry Wall said he'll be certified before Perl is (when asked about the prospect of standardizing the language).It's one of his well-known quotes.https://quotefancy.com/quote/1497280/Larry-Wall-I-think-I-m-... vram22 4 months ago I posted a link to many of his quotes:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43287809 vram22 4 months ago Now try piping Perl into itself. #@$%&^*!A homopipic / homeopathic language?Similiia similibus curentur.https://www.google.com/search?q=similia+similibus+curentur csdvrx 4 months ago It may looks chaotic ("explosion") when you don't see the structure.When you do, you appreciate the density of information.When I read perl it's like I read a poem: to take a simple example, 'while/until' instead of 'while/while not' creates more beautiful code perlcommunity 4 months ago Larry Wall has said he likes parenthesis in his LISP like he likes fingernails in his oatmeal. xD Hence, Perl's abilit to forgo parens in many cases. antod 4 months ago Or executable line noise (I think I heard that one from slashdot) vram22 4 months ago Or like an explosion in a sigil pottery :)
dwedge 4 months ago I once accidentally piped an SSL certificate into Perl and got 40+ warnings before it realised it wasn't Perl. I'm not joking. vram22 4 months ago That's why Larry Wall said he'll be certified before Perl is (when asked about the prospect of standardizing the language).It's one of his well-known quotes.https://quotefancy.com/quote/1497280/Larry-Wall-I-think-I-m-... vram22 4 months ago I posted a link to many of his quotes:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43287809 vram22 4 months ago Now try piping Perl into itself. #@$%&^*!A homopipic / homeopathic language?Similiia similibus curentur.https://www.google.com/search?q=similia+similibus+curentur
vram22 4 months ago That's why Larry Wall said he'll be certified before Perl is (when asked about the prospect of standardizing the language).It's one of his well-known quotes.https://quotefancy.com/quote/1497280/Larry-Wall-I-think-I-m-... vram22 4 months ago I posted a link to many of his quotes:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43287809
vram22 4 months ago I posted a link to many of his quotes:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43287809
vram22 4 months ago Now try piping Perl into itself. #@$%&^*!A homopipic / homeopathic language?Similiia similibus curentur.https://www.google.com/search?q=similia+similibus+curentur
csdvrx 4 months ago It may looks chaotic ("explosion") when you don't see the structure.When you do, you appreciate the density of information.When I read perl it's like I read a poem: to take a simple example, 'while/until' instead of 'while/while not' creates more beautiful code
perlcommunity 4 months ago Larry Wall has said he likes parenthesis in his LISP like he likes fingernails in his oatmeal. xD Hence, Perl's abilit to forgo parens in many cases.
I once accidentally piped an SSL certificate into Perl and got 40+ warnings before it realised it wasn't Perl. I'm not joking.
That's why Larry Wall said he'll be certified before Perl is (when asked about the prospect of standardizing the language).
It's one of his well-known quotes.
https://quotefancy.com/quote/1497280/Larry-Wall-I-think-I-m-...
I posted a link to many of his quotes:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43287809
Now try piping Perl into itself. #@$%&^*!
A homopipic / homeopathic language?
Similiia similibus curentur.
https://www.google.com/search?q=similia+similibus+curentur
It may looks chaotic ("explosion") when you don't see the structure.
When you do, you appreciate the density of information.
When I read perl it's like I read a poem: to take a simple example, 'while/until' instead of 'while/while not' creates more beautiful code
Larry Wall has said he likes parenthesis in his LISP like he likes fingernails in his oatmeal. xD Hence, Perl's abilit to forgo parens in many cases.
Or executable line noise (I think I heard that one from slashdot)
Or like an explosion in a sigil pottery :)