>>>>> "Pk" == Pk Eidesis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Pk> <sort of rant>
Pk> I second Alex's feelings about this... keep in mind, I speak as a total Perl
Pk> newbie, not necessarily a computer newbie. Even though I know my way around
Pk> cron and grep, I am not really proficient at *nix or Perl, but I appreciate
Pk> both. MacOS X is truly wonderful since it brings the coherence, ease, and
Pk> beauty of MacOS with the diversity and cultural chaos of *nix and Perl. But
Pk> my MacOS background stands in mixed awe of something like
Pk> s//pop/e;print^s/./hex($`%10+$&)%15/eg&&do$0
Pk> I say "mixed awe" because it is awesome, but it is also obtuse. Until my
Pk> fingers can create something like that in unison with my brain, I am an
Pk> outsider.
<Bigger Rant>
No No NO. I wish the idiots who keep doing Perl golf and obfuPerl would
realize that *those activities* help perpetuate Perl's "write-only"
status to the rest of the community.
Pk, you do *NOT* need to understand that code. I hope you *NEVER*
understand it. It was written by showoff idiots.
You are an insider when you are able to get your job done with Perl and
help others do the same. You are *not* an outsider because you do not
know how to *abuse* the language. That line of code is language abuse!
Just say *no* to Perl Golf and ObfuPerl and JAPHs. Please!
</Bigger Rant>
{sigh}
Just another guy who is sorry he started the whole JAPH thing,
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