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Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 15:01:59 +1000
Subject: Re: Why did Quora choose Python for its development?
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On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 11:50 AM, Dan Stromberg <drsalists@gmail.com> wrote=
:
> Perl is like 10 languages smushed together.=A0 To write it, you need only
> learn one of the 10. =A0 To read someone else's, you don't know what subs=
et of
> those 10 they've used until you get deep into the code.

+1 QOTW.

Perl: The Swiss Army Knife of programming languages, including the bit
where you can never find the right blade to open up.

Chris Angelico