The only programming language that actually has contests held to see who can make the most unreadable code.
#!/usr/local/bin/perl
my @srcFiles=grep{!/\.bak$/i && !m{(^|/)CVS(/|$)} && -f $_} DfcD::GlobR("Src/*");
...
BEGIN {
{ $0=~/(.*\\)?(.*)\./; print STDERR "$2 version 0.0.2\n\n"; }
for (@ARGV) { m!^(-/\?|-H|--help)$!i && &help() }
0==@ARGV and &help();
...
bless
/@aCcbPth0,
DfcXxx::Sort keys %hDirs,
sort{lc $a->name cmp lc $b->name or $a->name cmp $b->name} values %hNonDirs,
# undef,
,$class;
...
my @srcFiles=grep{!/\.bak$/i && !m{(^|/)CVS(/|$)} && -f $_} DfcD::GlobR("Src/*");
...
BEGIN {
{ $0=~/(.*\\)?(.*)\./; print STDERR "$2 version 0.0.2\n\n"; }
for (@ARGV) { m!^(-/\?|-H|--help)$!i && &help() }
0==@ARGV and &help();
...
bless
/@aCcbPth0,
DfcXxx::Sort keys %hDirs,
sort{lc $a->name cmp lc $b->name or $a->name cmp $b->name} values %hNonDirs,
# undef,
,$class;
...
by Jason Brandt December 29, 2007

Perl programmers don't know Python.
Python programmers despise Perl Programmers.
Ne'er the twain shal meet.
Python programmers despise Perl Programmers.
Ne'er the twain shal meet.
by flipmcf December 21, 2006

A very usefull programing language that is very powerfull. It is not understood by the less intelligent. Althought perl takes a long time to learn it is like the c++ for unix computers
by Anonymous July 11, 2003

by ANONYMOUS April 12, 2005

by zebedee March 29, 2003

Saturnine associate of Beelzeebub who has his claws up the ass of a grinning airhead puppet by the name of Bush.
by Finney July 3, 2003
