how did perl gain a reputation for being a write-only language
Write-only language Languages that are often derided as write-only include APL, Dynamic debugging technique (DDT), Perl,[3] Forth, Haskell, Text Editor and Corrector (TECO),[4] Mathematica and regular expression syntax used in various languages. Attributes that these languages have in common include a large set of operators and a syntax which encourages, or at least permits, the writing of very dense code. Some also have syntaxes which are very different from other languages, and some use different characters sets. The code below for example is Conway's Game of Life as written in APL2:[5]
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