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Readable Perl (was Re: Python vs. Perl, which is better to learn?)

Christopher Browne cbbrowne at acm.org
Mon May 6 23:56:12 EDT 2002 
Centuries ago, Nostradamus foresaw when Peter Hansen <peter at engcorp.com> would write:
> Christopher Browne wrote:
>> 
>> In an attempt to throw the authorities off his trail, Peter Hansen <peter at engcorp.com> transmitted:
>> > But it is very impressive, for Perl code.  My compliments to
>> > the author.  Any perceived lack of readability is clearly the
>> > language's (and reader's) fault, not the author's.
>> 
>> The author used to be a Common Lisp hacker, who wrote rather a lot of
>> XEmacs, and was also heavily involved in the port of Mozilla to Unix,
>> many moons ago.  Older versions of Netscape Navigator/Communicator
>> support the "about:jwz" URL/URN, which might link you somewhere
>> interesting...
>
> I happen still to use 4.79, but unfortunately that links to a page
> which says "Not Found.  The requested object does not exist on this 
> server. The link you followed is either outdated, inaccurate, or 
> the server has been instructed not to let you have it."
>
> I'm sure Google would do a little better. :-)

jwz left Netscape Communications Company on none other than April
Fools' Day about three years ago, so he likely no longer has a "home
page" there.  Looking for "jwz.org" or "jwz.com" or such might prove
fruitful...
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Bible (John 8:32, and on a plaque in CIA HQ), "And ye shall know the
truth, and the truth shall set ye free." -- Dave Dittrich
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