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A comment on Perl 5.17.6 is now available. Parent comment

Re:Perl 5.17.6 is now available by new299 on Monday December 03, 2012 @11:23AM (#4866109)
> I don't like this idea that the language can somehow force people to write better code

Why is this a bad idea? Do you also object to Perl Critic? Or say having a policy of using Perl Critic?

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Re:Perl 5.17.6 is now available by pyre on Monday December 03, 2012 @11:40AM (#4866222)
Usage of Perl Critic and claiming that Perl 'rots your brain' are miles apart.

Also, I don't see anyone claiming that Python will 'rot your brain' because PEP-8 isn't enforced by the language.

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