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On 4/4/2011 3:16 PM Gregory Ewing said...
> Chris Angelico wrote:
>
>> (Remind me how it is that Python code is more readable than line noise
>> or Perl code?)
>
> Crazy thought: I wonder if Perl programmers have "multi
> line Perl" competitions where they laugh their heads off
> at how readable the code is, and how nobody in their
> right mind would ever write Perl code that way?-)
>

I don't know if I should be laughing or nodding in agreement... :)

Emile