Perl, Squeezebox & Bad Code

Insights from Perl.com …

How Perl Powers the Squeezebox [Dec. 05, 2003]: “I first decided to rewrite the thing in C, but I couldn’t really get started until I could read the existing code. So I bought a copy of Learning Perl and read it in two evenings. Halfway through the first chapter something clicked and I said, ‘That’s so cool!’ Then, about every 10 pages after I’d repeat, ‘That’s so cool!’ again, but a little louder. By the end, I was sold”

Database Programming with Perl [Oct. 23, 2003]: “Of course, a better solution is obvious — but only once someone tells you about it. And if nobody tells you about it, you could end up writing horrible code like this until someone does tell you or you get fired.”

PeTA vs. Angling

NSLog(); – PeTA vs. Angling: “Nociceptors, or pain receptors, are largely absent on fish. Fish are very sensitive to some types of stimulus – they can tell the difference between a degree of temperature, a small change in salinity, etc. Nociceptors, however, are few and far between, and even fewer exist in the mouth area.”