Why Did I Write Acme::Pythonic

Acme::Pythonic is a Perl module of mine that allows the user to write Pythonic code as valid Perl code. I mean, you feed this code to perl:

    use Acme::Pythonic; # this semicolon yet needed
    
     sub delete_edges:
         my $G = shift
         while my ($u, $v) = splice(@_, 0, 2):
             if defined $v:
                 $G->delete_edge($u, $v)
             else:
                 my @e = $G->edges($u)
                 while ($u, $v) = splice(@e, 0, 2):
                     $G->delete_edge($u, $v)

and perl executes it right away, directly. There's no intermediate file being generated or anything. Sounds like magic unless you know what's a source filter.

But some people don't get that even with the work behind this module, the test suite, etc. this module is just a fucking joke! That's why it belongs to the Acme:: namespace in the first place.

It is a joke about taking programming languages too seriously, to the hell with that, there you have Python and Perl mixed together. Sublimation. Climax. You can put that code against a wall and do vipassana contemplating it, release your attachments to this mundane world!