On Wed, 20 Mar 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote,
> On 20 Mar 02 at 09:39:35AM, Hasanuddin Tamir wrote:
>
> > It's certainly fun for me to use perl as an aid tool to support my job
> > using perl as primary tool: programming.
>
> It seems to me that the programmer is the modern-day equivalent of the
> blacksmith of old: one of the few craftsmen who could make all his/her
> own tools (if he/she had the time)...
>
> ---
>
> I personally prefer writing tools that do my job for me than actually
> doing the job itself. I remember reading (in a book on PCCCTS?) a
> comment to the effect of:
>
> "Why spend an hour doing a task, when you could spend the next five
> years of your life automating it?"
>
> My sentiments exactly.
>
>
> Ian
>
Well, the process in thinking about, or creating as well, the level
of meta tools could be equivalently fun. I'm seeking the best way
to learn this.
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