Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2017 08:17:35 +0100 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Scripting problem Message-ID: <20171012081735.4a3e2f9e19e8c1fb50d0c7c1@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.21.1710111652460.80616@wonkity.com> References: <7AB396F429EEB6890100F082@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> <VI1PR02MB1200B33C1F59A223B84E9153F6770@VI1PR02MB1200.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> <8C8E7D66788801594EC0FC4C@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> <20171008100017.30ab5987.freebsd@edvax.de> <88D321A2CCD516AEF39DE8C3@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> <alpine.BSF.2.21.1710090615040.94613@wonkity.com> <1984508980.4145408.1507553196491@mail.yahoo.com> <alpine.BSF.2.21.1710111652460.80616@wonkity.com>
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On Wed, 11 Oct 2017 17:01:55 -0600 (MDT) Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: > Perl is much-maligned, but every time I rewrite a shell script in Perl > it gets shorter and easier to maintain. Or longer and more powerful. > Python and Ruby are similar. The group of people determined to cram as much functionality into as few bytes of source as possible (eg RSA encryption in a .sig block) did Perl's reputation no favours. You can write hideously unreadable executable line noise in Perl, but you can also write wonderfully clear and expressive code that is a joy to work with. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>
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