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minus-squaremonkeyman512@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·6 hours agoPerl is fine so long as you write code based on the assumption it will be maintained an idiot that doesn’t know the code at all and needs hand holding. And that is why 6 months later I can understand the code I wrote.
minus-squareJasonDJ@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-26 hours agoIs the idiot you? Because I’m usually both the person writing it and the idiot trying to maintain it 6 months later. Albeit not perl. Dammit Jim, I’m a Network engineer, not a programmer!
minus-squaremonkeyman512@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 hours agoMy experience has been the more I assume I am an idiot and plan accordingly, the less true it is in practice.
Perl is fine so long as you write code based on the assumption it will be maintained an idiot that doesn’t know the code at all and needs hand holding. And that is why 6 months later I can understand the code I wrote.
Is the idiot you?
Because I’m usually both the person writing it and the idiot trying to maintain it 6 months later.
Albeit not perl. Dammit Jim, I’m a Network engineer, not a programmer!
My experience has been the more I assume I am an idiot and plan accordingly, the less true it is in practice.