> There are a few Perl tutors around who might have a different > perspective, but from my point of view, turn on strictures and warnings, > exercise a little self control and Perl can allow you to produce clear, > concise, extensible and maintainable code. What more could a beginner > want?
I think Jenda mentioned something about "readability" as you do with "clear". What I find interesting about that is that folks that have been coding Perl for some years take so many shortcuts in their code that it's difficult for a beginner, (or as least for this beginner), to understand. By shortcuts, I mean not using the $_ or ommitting the binding operator for a regex. That sort of thing confuses me because it looks so different from what I study in my books. I understand *why* they do it and I'm sure they feel that the newbies should just "catch up", but...oh well... Bompa's 3 cents -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
