OT: Crazy Programming

[Mike Coleman]

"David K. Trudgett" <dkt at registriesltd.com.au> writes:
> An interesting observation is this: the difference between the beginner's
> Python code and the expert's Python code is less than the difference between
> the beginner's Perl code and the expert's Perl code. This is actually the
> origin of "Python is more readable", which it is. It's difficult to write
> unintelligible code in Python (though I'm sure it's possible -- there are
> people with lots of talent out there ;-)), whereas, it's relatively easy in
> Perl.

I agree, but I'm more inclined to render this as

    It's difficult to write intelligible code in Perl (though I'm sure it's
    possible -- there are (masochistic) people with lots of talent out there
    ;-)), whereas, it's relatively easy in Python.

Mike