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impressive work measuring syntax in units of a beer tab.

psr
– psr

2011-08-25 17:03:48 +00:00
Commented Aug 25, 2011 at 17:03
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And don't forget Perl. Lot more Perl out there than most people think, and the user community is huge.

Randal Schwartz
– Randal Schwartz

2011-08-25 21:45:36 +00:00
Commented Aug 25, 2011 at 21:45
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Perl may be very powerful, but a guy who finds it the easiest path to programming must have the equivalent of Indiana Jones's temples' tunnels as main corridor from his bedroom to his showers...

Kheldar
– Kheldar

2011-08-25 21:58:03 +00:00
Commented Aug 25, 2011 at 21:58
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Perl's syntax could fit on a beer tab, provided you drink enough beer.

Dave Sherohman
– Dave Sherohman

2011-08-26 09:18:27 +00:00
Commented Aug 26, 2011 at 9:18
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@Randal, the question asks for an orthogonal language. Perl's philosophy is to be non-orthogonal - "there's more than one way to do it".

Peter Taylor
– Peter Taylor

2011-08-26 10:02:18 +00:00
Commented Aug 26, 2011 at 10:02

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like so
```
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```
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