Re:Unfortunately, StackOverflow is difficult-to-avoid nowadays…
by smsm42 on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @03:59PM
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Yes, I see candidates for deletion in review queue, and most of it is either garbage or "I have this complex problem, please solve it for me after I give you the most vague description of it". Like the one I just saw recently where somebody has a huge pile of legacy Perl code and has trouble figuring it out (and that's all, no specific Perl question). I can feel their pain, but what can be done here except giving the poor soul a hug? So this kind of questions gets closed. And probably the person asking it is very frustrated, but really, what can one do here?
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Re:Unfortunately, StackOverflow is difficult-to-avoid nowadays…
by vgy7ujm on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @02:59AM
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What about hiring an actual Perl programmer?
Re:Unfortunately, StackOverflow is difficult-to-avoid nowadays…
by smsm42 on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @06:05PM
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I've been a Perl programmer once, and I assure you given a pile of legacy Perl code, written in a good old style with good old "everything accesses everything", no comments and clever use of tricky Perl constructs, most people would be inclined to yell for help. It's not specifically Perl's fault, but a constellation of Perl being at the top of its popularity when thinking about who will support it 20 years later didn't exactly enter the mindset of most programmers.