8 Larry Wall Quotes on Readability

Larry Wall quotes on readability

11. I'm sure that that could be indented more readably, but I'm scared of the awk parser.

25. Though I'll admit readability suffers slightly...

72. So far we've managed to avoid turning Perl into APL. :-)

142. As pointed out in a followup, Real Perl Programmers prefer things to be visually distinct.

189. Just put in another goto, and then it'll be readable. :-)

196. I've always maintained a cordial dislike for indent, because it's usually right.

269. If you want your program to be readable, consider supplying the argument.

272. Perl is designed to give you several ways to do anything, so consider picking the most readable one.