> However I find that given the right tools (use strict; perltidy, 
> perlcritic, a good ide e.g. Eclipse/Epic) it is relativly easy to write 
> maintainable perl code.

Compared to what? It takes discipline to write good code. Some languages 
make it easier.

Maintanable is something completely different though. I find it hard to 
maintain code someone else wrote. I need time to dig into it, and often 
I just adjust his style to my style (no matter what language was used).

Well written code is always better than badly written code.

I also think to compare pure source code one should only use notepad, 
and in this scenario ruby beats perl with eyes closed any time ;)
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