I'm one of those people who think that Perl is a write-only language
-Linus torvalds

"I can read this Perl scrip"t should translate to "I'm lying".

ESC + :q!

ESC to enter normal mode (if you're in a different mode like insert) : (colon) to enter commands q to quit ! (or a) to use the quit command withiut keeping any changes

The first phrase spoken when opening a new project, be it yours or someone elses... "What the fuck..."

I can't read this perl script may also apply to something you wrote last week.

I'm absolutely guilty of self-documenting code, but mostly because I'm sick of everyone else's lying comments.

"The reason I use Perl is because I wanna write scripts that no one can read and no one can understand so that I can keep my job"

IMHO it's a complex, temporary work around with a few issues.

Also vim > emacs

Hey, now. It is possible to write readable Perl code—it's just less interesting that way. 😜

Self documenting: my code doesn't NEED comments

LGTM

Sometimes I like to pack the most functionality into a single, hard to read one-liner, just for fun. In review I’ll admit “it’s a little bit abstruse”.

The Perl one has got me:)

Of course, the correct way to quit Vi is ^Zpkill vi.

Good reference with lots of truth. Maybe, I should print it before having a meeting with other tech teams.

Emacs babyyyy