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**Mr. Peabody** · February 9, 2004, 19:49

~ Quietly pees himself ~
Perl is awesome.

**bascule** · February 9, 2004, 21:42

Originally posted by Mr. Peabody

Perl is awesome.

Perl gets the award for the most counterintuitive and ambiguous syntax of any language

**yankee** · February 10, 2004, 08:27

Originally posted by bascule

Perl gets the award for the most counterintuitive and ambiguous syntax of any language

But what other language can you write rc4 in three lines of code. ;) Besdies, Perl is downright intuitive compared to Brainfuck.

**bascule** · February 10, 2004, 11:11

Originally posted by yankee

Besdies, Perl is downright intuitive compared to Brainfuck.

Yes, but hardcore Perl programmers seem to think that Perl's syntax ambiguities are somehow a good thing...

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