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by tsegratis 2438 days ago
93% of Paint Splatters are Valid Perl Programs

See: https://famicol.in/sigbovik/

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So ignoring AST/character measures of shortness; is perl reaching optimality on the noise-to-meaning ratio?

Am I allowed to say this makes perl even more meaningful than other languages?

I'm not especially serious, but in the spirit of my own stupidity, let me suggest that this is how, finally, painters can truly be hackers