Hi,
Sorry guys, in view of the recent discussions I just couldn't resist... :-)
(If you feel inclined to - do a global search/replace of Perl to C...)
--Nino
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A morality tale of Perl versus Python
by: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This has been percolating in the back of my mind for a while. It's a scene
from _The Empire Strikes Back_, reinterpreted to serve a valuable moral
lesson for aspiring programmmers..
EXTERIOR: DAGOBAH--DAY
With Yoda strapped to his back, Luke climbs up one of the
many thick vines that grow in the swamp until he reaches the
Dagobah statistics lab. Panting heavily, he continues his
exercises--grepping, installing new packages, logging in as
root, and writing replacements for two-year-old shell scripts
in Python.
YODA: Code! Yes. A programmer's strength flows from code
maintainability. But beware of Perl. Terse syntax... more than
one way to do it... default variables. The dark side of code
maintainability are they. Easily they flow, quick to join you when
code you write. If once you start down the dark path,
forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will.
LUKE: Is Perl better than Python?
YODA: No... no... no. Quicker, easier, more seductive.
LUKE: But how will I know why Python is better than Perl?
YODA: You will know. When your code you try to read six months from
now.
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