Re: Curly braces and the logic of PERL

On Mon Oct 27 2008 @ 12:35, John W. Krahn wrote:
The fewer lines of code to read and/or write, the easier it is to spot
mistakes, the less chance for "action at a distance."

I find that there's a point, however, where compression and understanding
cross paths. After that, the fewer lines and less code only make for less
meaning to me as I try desperately to figure out what the code does.

Obviously when this happens depends a great deal on how much you know about
the language in question - how many idioms you've absorbed, how many times
you've used a certain trick, etc.

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