On Saturday, August 3, 2002, at 06:52 AM, drieux wrote:
> > On Saturday, August 3, 2002, at 08:43 , David Farnum wrote: > [..] >> I am learning Object oriented programming and perl Tk right now. I hope >> to move on to regular expretions soon. Well that is it just wanted to >> say I would rather use perl then any other language any day > [..] > > I fear that you have encountered perl's deceptively > simple approach - and that it has lulled you into > a false sense of security. > > Perl is EVIL! It has big sharped fanged teeth! > > What starts out as a simple script will evolve > into a code line unless you prevent it! Oh sure > first its a few simple scripts, then it's > collecting the common functions into a perl > library to simply 'require' them in - then its > that silly solution about using a library like > approach for caching configuration data - eg: > fixed valued variables - then it's perl modules, > sub_classing.... > > RUN AWAY WHILE YOU STILL CAN!!!! > > ciao > drieux > too late. he's addicted. should be a warning label -- Perl IS addictive... pob -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]