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line
noise
(
uncountable
)
(
computing
)
Spurious characters due to
signal noise
in a communications link.
(
programming
)
Data that looks random, as when outputting a
binary
file as
text
.
(
computing
,
derogatory
)
Incomprehensible
source code
or other textual material (often due to
terseness
or overuse of operators).
2000
, Simon Cozens,
Ten Perl Myths
,
[1]
perl.com
,
In short, Perl doesn't write illegible Perl, people do. If you can stop yourself being one of them, we can agree that Perl's reputation for looking like line noise is no more than a myth.
References
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^
Simon Cozens (2000 February 23) “Ten Perl Myths”, in
perl.com
[1]
, retrieved
2008-06-28
“line noise”, in
The Jargon File
[2]
, 2008 June 27 (last accessed)