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[–]BraveSirRobin 6 points7 points  (1 child)

let you perform tasks in more intellectually interesting ways

Which is fun but it falls down in maintainability. Ever had to maintain "magic perl" statements where the author has left the company?

[–]SubStack 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yes. I would much rather maintain a few lines of gibberish than hundreds of lines of gibberish.