Perl has a weird way of letting you go from thought to code, and disappearing in between, unlike any other language I've ever used. You really can go from idea to functioning system as fast as you type without a lot of pre-planning. It's hard to describe, and the style has fallen out of fashion for more formal, easier to share between humans languages like Java or python, which feel like they introduce an inherent friction in that transition layer as a tradeoff for scalable teams and readability.
I miss it, but understand why it fell out of favor. It's the closest I've ever gotten to singing whalesong with a machine.
I miss it, but understand why it fell out of favor. It's the closest I've ever gotten to singing whalesong with a machine.