On Thu, 2006-27-04 at 08:18 -0700, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: > >>>>> ""Mr" == "Mr Shawn H Corey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > "Mr> A good way to learn how a function works is to write a small program to > "Mr> test it. There is nothing like hands-on experience. > > Unless your experience doesn't stumble across the corner cases. Nothing > can replace reading a good specification.
I meant that they should use hands-on experiences to augment their reading, not to replace it. I realize that programmers are nit-pickers (it's an occupational hazard) and they assumed that leaving something out implies it will be ignored altogether but people, unlike computers, have the amazing ability to fill in the gaps. But to make you happy: Everyone should compliment their reading with experimentation and their experimentation with reading. -- __END__ Just my 0.00000002 million dollars worth, --- Shawn "For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them." Aristotle * Perl tutorials at http://perlmonks.org/?node=Tutorials * A searchable perldoc is at http://perldoc.perl.org/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
