Philip Potter <philip.g.pot...@gmail.com> writes: [...]
Both you and Uri are right to a degree. I have to respect Uris' experience, but in fact I have presented goals at every step in this thread. Uri just doesn't want to recognize them. 1) how to find what files are in one tree but not the other I've received a few good techniqes to do that... goal accomplished. 2) ditto but reverse Samething applies. 3) how to find all the matches again, reponses supplied some good code that could be edited to my purposes. 4) How to setup a dispatch table... involved in other threads more than here but still the same project (Again, good solid posts, more than one by Uri himself as I recall - goal accomplished) 5) How to use Data::Dumper for this kind of stuff - goal accomplished > I have to support what Uri says here. You shouldn't start writing > *any* code at all until you know what you want it to do. If you don't > know what you want to do, you're groping in the dark. If you ask for > help, people can't give you the help you need because they don't know > what you want to do either. I have done that at every step... and people have been thoroughly capable of giving sound help. Uri is talking through his hat. > Every software engineering method incorporates this principle, usually > as a step called "requirements analysis". It's a fancy way of saying > "what do I want to do?" That is the kind of `always true' thing one might say. I forgot what the term is but it means its fairly meaningless and mainly sounds good. But none the less true. About driving around not knowing where I'm going. I'd wager a full pension check that everyone here has done that.... and maybe not so long ago. Uri asked would I do that.... A resounding YES. I'd first check a map or maybe make some calls (that is, research a bit) and then if I still wasn't sure... I'd go have a look, and try to find what ever it is I was after. That's exactly what most people would do if they really wanted to get somewhere or find something. Concerning people having wasted there time.... where has that happened? Literally every response has been put to work here. If not on this exact program then another. I really hope none of the responders feel they have wasted there time. If they do, that is MY fault... and likely at least partially because I didn't understand the information given me. I'll say for the record.... I've received very professional and thorough help here... Also, a truly amazing level of patience has been shown to me. I haven't always been able to understand the information presented... But I often keep these threads and refer back to them when I do begin to understand a little better. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
