Subj : Re: Syntax, style, the infinite monkey theorum and coding
To   : comp.programming
From : gswork
Date : Mon Aug 22 2005 02:32 am


Jonathan Bartlett wrote:
> > okay, so i can't follow perl code - some times it just looks like so
> > much:
> > hjgf$~@//\4-abc/\%$@
> > in fact that snippet might be really useful to someone!
>
> It's probably not Perl code you even mind -- It's probably regular
> expression code, which is _nicer_ to read in Perl than in other
> languages.  For example, the same regular expression in PHP is usually
> twice as hard to read because of all of the backslash-escaping you have
> to do.

I think you're right.  I have found some perl to be readable, but
indeed - when it goes into /\/\/\ mode i can quickly lose track of it

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