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Re: Re: Re: your attitude towards the code you write

by perrin (Chancellor)
on May 08, 2004 at 16:21 UTC ( [id://351728]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: Re: your attitude towards the code you write
in thread your attitude towards the code you write

Don't take it personally. I'm just saying that I have mostly seen this attitude in people who learned on tools that are somewhat higher level and hide more from the user. I don't have a statistically significant study of the correlation, just personal observation.

Maybe some languages are unlogical/unfathomable to some people, but thats not the fault of the language.

I think it's fairly clear that a language like VB -- GUI-driven, very high-level, closed source -- is harder for people to grasp the inner workings of than Perl. With Perl, you can always find someone who will help you understand how hidden things like memory allocation for a hash work, even if you aren't able to read the source yourself. That's why I say it's unfathomable: people seem to get into a "tips and tricks" mentality with it, rather than really understanding what it's doing.

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Re: Re: Re: Re: your attitude towards the code you write
by castaway (Parson) on May 09, 2004 at 08:53 UTC
    Well I don't agree, or think it's 'fairly clear'. But everyone is entitled to their opinion.

    C.

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