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Absolutely Legend (lemmy.world)

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[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago

Well yeah, Perl is write-only. Larry Wall asked the monkey's paw for a language that works on the first try. What's onscreen are your raw brain patterns.

Thank god it runs like crap. Optimized C isn't pretty, but any project that compiles proves someone looked at it more than once.