Re^2: Code Review Time!

[linuxkid]

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[eyepopslikeamosquito]

Wow, I've not seen such a rant since BK coined "use strict is gay" way back in 2001 (which inspired Acme::USIG).

Though the original historic bulletin board response from "bk" to Dave Cross is currently available via the Wayback Machine link above, I further embed the original text (including typos) below because it is too important to Perl culture and history to risk losing:

Posted By: bk
Date: Wednesday, 2 May 2001, at 2:29 p.m.


In Response To: Re: Will this work? (Dave Cross)

No,but its true-- strict really does suck. I hate it. Its gay. Dont tell me ehat to do. And nobody wants your to be back, either.

[Anonymous Monk]

I've been working with perl for about 3 years, and using warnings and strict breaks everything, and it's annoying when it's something that people who just know how to type and use a mouse will end up using have to get the stuff from it.

Read this if you want to cut your development time in half!

[linuxkid]

i'd be willing to use diagnostics during developmet