Readable Perl (was Re: Python vs. Perl, which is better to learn?)

[George Demmy]

Peter Hansen <peter at engcorp.com> writes:
[SNIP]
> Chris wrote:
> More out of curiosity than an intention of starting a flame war, but
> would someone post a snippet of twenty or so lines of Perl which they
> believe is "readable"?
>
> (Note, however, I agree with the comments above... but we were talking 
> about readability, not good/bad code.  I believe even good Perl is much
> less readable than moderately bad Python, thus limiting its effectiveness
> as a language for large programs, even in the hands of excellent 
> programmers.)
> 
> -wait,-did-i-say-i-wasn't-starting-a-flame-war-ly yr's,
>  Peter

This is a link to a bunch of perl code that is really quite readable,
IMHO. 

http://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/src/


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George Demmy
Layton Graphics, Inc