From the Mind of Trevor Stone

I tried to post from the web just now and got the message [Error: Couldn't get db master at /home/lj/cgi-bin/LJ/User.pm line 2919. @ w84] (When I copied and pasted that, I got a bunch of JavaScript, even though it doesn't show up on select all. Even more odd.)

I like perl in situations where it's useful. I didn't realize that core parts of LiveJournal's website was driven by perl. But what really scares me is that I got an error in line 2919. Maybe they (a) add code comments obsessively or (b) generate User.pm with metaprogramming. But if not, a file containing 3,000 lines of perl worries me about their software engineering practices. Can only one developer work on code relating to a user at a time? Are all of their regular expressions extended with comments after each portion?