"Vadim Sytnikov" <syt### [at] rucom> wrote in message
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> Probably, the best example ever existed is Tcl vs. Perl. These two languages
> have not only comparable number of keywords, they even share some keywords,
> and yet there exists *vast* difference in complexity. While the former is
> very simple (by its underlying principles, with its strings; much like LISP
> with its 'pairs'), the latter is considered a 'write-only' language even by
> its die-hard adepts. Please note: I'm telling *nothing* about these
> languages' powers :-) Follow-ups to povray.flame-wars.
>

I don't know anything about TCL, but IMHO the problem with Perl seems to often
stem from wilfull obfustication on the part of its users.

With good comments and nice var names, there's no reason it should be hard to
read - even RE can be made legible with the x modifier.

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