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use English (was: Re: (Ovid - accidental obfuscation?)Re: Perverse Unreadable Code)

by KM (Priest)
on Apr 25, 2001 at 20:06 UTC ( [id://75599]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

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in reply to (Ovid - accidental obfuscation?)Re: Perverse Unreadable Code
in thread Perverse Unreadable Code

do any monks use English for any production code?

I don't even use it for test code :) It can make a script slower, especially if you are using regular expressions.
Right from the POD: 

=head1 BUGS

This module provokes sizeable inefficiencies for regular expressions,
due to unfortunate implementation details.  If performance matters,
consider avoiding English.

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This is mainly (the RE part) because it brings $& $' and $` into the game.

Cheers,
KM

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