Re: confusing Perl idioms and practices

2001-06-29 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
> "Aaron" == Aaron Craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Aaron> If you define "readable" as "simple enough for the extreme beginner to Aaron> understand", I agree. This is not only obscene, it also makes it Aaron> impossible to take full advantage of the language, as some constructs Aaron> are n

Re: confusing Perl idioms and practices

2001-06-29 Thread Aaron Craig
At 11:01 28.06.2001 -0700, Peter Scott wrote: >"Readable" is like "obscene" (in more ways than one, in some code I've >seen). I spent a little time in my book (one day I hope to have to say >which book :-) going over pros and cons of different takes on this. But >as it stands, "readable" is

Re: confusing Perl idioms and practices

2001-06-28 Thread Peter Scott
At 09:52 AM 6/28/01 -0700, Gregg Williams wrote: >Hi--I recently posted a message titled "writing readable Perl." In it, I >said: snip >This is a simple example--too simple for some--but it gives you an idea of >what I'm looking for. Thanks again for your time. "Readable" is like "obscene" (in

confusing Perl idioms and practices

2001-06-28 Thread Gregg Williams
Hi--I recently posted a message titled "writing readable Perl." In it, I said: --- snip --- I am a Perl semi-nubie who has, over the years, been mystified by various pieces of Perl code I'm interested in in writing some kind of article for the Perl community advocating a common sense approach