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by forgotmypw17 2234 days ago
I thought that was Perl...
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Obligatory XKCD: https://xkcd.com/312/
Wait, isn't this the obligatory one in this context? https://xkcd.com/224/
Yes, in the context of the OP. But in the context of someone mentioning Perl, the one that I quoted makes sense.

Here's the Frost poem alluded to: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44263/fire-and-ice

That would be satan's language.
Perl may be ugly, but it is not evil.

Malbolge (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malbolge) is evil.

Perl's unofficial mascot is a camel because Perl is a lot like a camel: a beast of burden that requires little and will get you through the desert, but that may not be as pretty as other languages.

You forgot to mention the smell :)