> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark Post > Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 1:29 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: SLightly O/T Perl > > >>> On 11/2/2011 at 12:02 PM, John Gilmore > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Professional programmers will certainly be needed in the future; but > > what they need in a programming language is expressive power, not > > simplicity achieved by leaving the hard parts out. > > Yeah, but they also need a language that (at worst) doesn't > actively hinder writing maintainable code. Perl doesn't fare > so well by that standard. > > > Mark Post
It's better than APL. And depends on the coder not using weird idioms. I've seen COBOL which is incomprehensible. IIRC, COBOL was supposedly designed so that an English speaking army private could write "clean" code. Which simply proves that programmers can't speak English (properly). -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
