Hi everybody, I don't understand why you guys making things so complex. "Perl is language" and I think that should be all. :-)
Whatever the habbits on Perl, is just as simple as how we learn our mother tongue. On the learning side, we began with A, B, C.... , while on the practical side, we began with papa, mama, pepe.... We never can say, 'I've completely learnt a language', With the interaction with trends, needs, new 'words' are then created. Of casue, when we speak, we have to express it with clearly, logically, and the best can make wordings have stand alone meaning. What they are stricts, warnings, and modules. Depends on our learning level and situation, we sometimes no need to tell everything so strict, of cause, it's better if possible and doable. We can't survive with language, so, for a language, its highest piority should be able to express, but not how pretty we've organized in our speech. Demons are everywhere, but they may not be ugly faced, maybe nicely masked. So how could you determine what are demons ? It finally goes to the point ---- What is your level. That's why even we know where's the point to say "What the fu*k..." in this list, we won't say this, because we know what is demon. Perl is a language. And languages are alive. To use a language, we can choose to be casual, be beautiful, be formal, be informal . Depending on what the situation you are, and adjust the stict level to fit the best way to express yourself. You should strict the strict, not let strict to strict you. Orthodox is good, practise is good, but they are not the point for a beginner's advise, but LOVE IT. To let a beginner love it, let it be a easy language which can stick with every step on their road of learning and ways of working. While we love it, we will have the incentive to improving our skill, naturally. Making things too harsh at the beginning, is just equal to self creating a demon to guide us to HATE IT. Happy Perl programming and good luck for all yours codes, Exile ( Connie's brother ) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]