On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 8:12 PM, Salve J Nilsen <sjn+oslo...@pvv.org> wrote: > > «So you want to write some useful software? Learn from Perl. We in the > Perl community saw what happened when one just focuses "getting stuff done" > without spending any attention on software life-cycle management. So, what > did we learn? Write software that is easy to understand and fun to read. In > fact, try to write software that one only needs to read once, but that one > *wants* to read twice. This is difficult, but less so with Perl. You need a > language that is flexible and malleable enough so you can express the > intention of your code in the way that is best for your readers. This is > where Perl shines. If you wield the tool well you can make wonderful > things, and if you don't you'll probably end up making crap.» > > Comments? :) >
I think you could swap in any language name there, and no-one would be any wiser that you started off with "Perl". -P