Comment on Ask HN: Is it still a good idea to learn Perl for a young developer?parentComments−rus203761y100% correct!Larry Wall, the inventor of Perl once said of Lisp syntax "Lisp has all the visual appeal of oatmeal with fingernail clippings mixed in."[1]I would argue that Python is about the same, but without the nail clippings. Just plain oatmeal.[1] https://groups.google.com/g/comp.lang.clos/c/edcyFOBLMeo/m/M...
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Larry Wall, the inventor of Perl once said of Lisp syntax "Lisp has all the visual appeal of oatmeal with fingernail clippings mixed in."[1]
I would argue that Python is about the same, but without the nail clippings. Just plain oatmeal.
[1] https://groups.google.com/g/comp.lang.clos/c/edcyFOBLMeo/m/M...