Re: [FWP] Badly written code

[Tushar Samant <D@i-works.com>]

I personally don't feel comfortable taking so many shots, especially
at such an easy target. But I haven't seen any convincing reason why
nobody should. Just because he is the underdog here doesn't mean he
shouldn't be denounced. I am amazed that the code works--if it does,
it's obviously because most of it is never entered. Is there any way,
logically and psychologically, that the code convinces us that it won't
break? None whatsoever. Whatever the insulting code-bloat has resulted
from--lack of design, propensity for kludges, "empirical" programming
(part of Perl, unfortunately, but not to this exent) or sheer cynical
pay-by-the-token mentality--it is insulting. Perl programmers are not
a tribe. We don't look bad for trashing our "brother". My personal
experience is that Perl programmers look BAD if they are not incensed
by code this crappy. As for arguing that bad code exists but hey, it
works, and it fills a niche, and the market's willing to pay... guess
which well-known corporation this applies to exactly... There IS such
a thing as badness, independent of market value. If you indulged it
because you are a "nice guy", you might be contributing to a lowering
of standards.

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Tushar Samant
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