Perl (original) (raw)
footpad rodent
August 3 2009, 01:26
I'm enjoying writing Perl for exactly the same reason I loathe it as a language. It's arcane, it's complicated, it's subtle and intricate and occasionally just plain perverse.
Sensible languages are more like creative engineering: you know what you want and you put it together with considerable artistry but also with a lot of nuts and bolts.
Getting Perl to do what you want is more like trying to control an ecosystem of cuddly creatures that bite.