Scott Thompson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] quoth:
*>
*> While I wholeheartedly agree with the above statement, might I suggest
*>others not to take this statement TOO literally. For myself, I have learned
*>just as much about Perl -- sometimes MORE -- by "bucking" the tried-and-true
*>methods to discover my own path. Sometimes I'd come stumbling back to the
*>common wisdom, battered and bruised for my efforts. Other times, I've
*>picked up my own little nuggets of wisdom that worked best for me and my
*>situation despite the commonly accepted Truth.
Parents always try to protect their children from repeating the same
mistakes as they did when young though, being children, they will most
often choose the path of doing whatever it is that they aren't supposed to
do and learn the lesson contained therein. Similarly programmers try and
protect the people coming after them from going up the same blind alleys,
etc...yet, it often doesn't work.
As reading improves upon your English skill so too does reading code
improve your Perl. Life is short and it is our mistakes that provide the
most interesting anecdotes and texture to what perfection would leave as
smooth and featureless. :)
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