My Abusive Relationship with Perl

I’ve decided that Perl is pretty much like crack; a simple pleasure with unpleasant consequences.

I’ve had to write a lot of stupid little Perl scripts lately. While I love the quick hacks that I can put together with Perl, once one starts, one cannot stop. A Perl script here and there inevitably breeds itself into a mass of interconnected sludge, glued together loosely by some crappy little tidbits of Perl. Although Perl often leads to quick and easy solutions, it also encourages messiness and unmaintainability, which is why I both love and hate Perl. I abuse Perl, and Perl abuses me. At least there is some level of equality in this relationship.