J
J Krugman
The Obfuscated Perl Contest and Perl Golf are venerable traditions
in the Perl community, and among my favorite sources of puzzles.
Unfortunately, they play too well into the stereotype of Perl
software as being unmaintainable, impenetrable, hackish, "write
only code", etc. (I know that this is an unfair stereotype, but
it's most definitely out there.)
I sure wish there was a yearly "official" award for excellence in
Perl software engineering (for lack of a better term): Perl code
that is well-designed and clearly coded, has excellent performance,
is rock solid, and well documented.
Maybe such award already exists (if so, what is it called?). If
not, I think that, indirectly (as a yearly showcase) it would raise
Perl's status in the software world a couple of notches.
jill
in the Perl community, and among my favorite sources of puzzles.
Unfortunately, they play too well into the stereotype of Perl
software as being unmaintainable, impenetrable, hackish, "write
only code", etc. (I know that this is an unfair stereotype, but
it's most definitely out there.)
I sure wish there was a yearly "official" award for excellence in
Perl software engineering (for lack of a better term): Perl code
that is well-designed and clearly coded, has excellent performance,
is rock solid, and well documented.
Maybe such award already exists (if so, what is it called?). If
not, I think that, indirectly (as a yearly showcase) it would raise
Perl's status in the software world a couple of notches.
jill