If you want to see useful Perl examples, we can certainly arrange to have comp.lang.misc flooded with them, but I don't think that would help the advance of civilization. :-)
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Flooding a forum with Perl examples wouldn't advance civilization.
- In plain terms
- Posting many Perl examples online wouldn't help humanity.
- What can you take from it?
- Focus on quality and impact rather than sheer volume of examples.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What makes an example valuable?
- How to measure impact of shared code?
Another view
Some niche communities may still benefit from abundant examples.
More from Larry Wall
> (It's sorta like sed, but not. It's sorta like awk, but not. etc.) Guilty as charged. Perl is happily ugly, and happily derivative.
Permalink to quote #51 If I don't document something, it's usually either for a good reason, or a bad reason. In this case it's a good reason. :-)
Permalink to quote #49 Just don't compare it with a real language, or you'll be unhappy... :-)
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