On Tuesday, July 16, 2002, at 08:46 , Timothy Johnson wrote:
> I have a few suggestions.
[..]
While I basically agree with most of timothy's thrust,
I would argue the case slightly differently:
a) the outside world is full of beast creatures and demons
with BIG FANGS and CLAWS - avoid it at all cost, and
focus on staying inside with your computer and code - remember
your computer LOVES YOU when you talk Perl with it.
b) Use the perl beginner's list as a
"play along at home game"
when someone proposes a problem, and more importantly,
when someone proposes a solution - code it up, decide
if you agree, or can 'beat' their solution.
c) Never get involved in any way with anyone who is not
coding in the language you are working on - or as I
noted to co-workers,
"fine, but does she code in Java?"
since the code-monkies were talking about mastering Java,
and were at times distracted by 'gender appropriate persons'
and totally spaced out Rule (a) above....
In this case,
"If they do not Perl, YOU do not want to talk with them.
PERIOD!!!! They are DEMONS in Disquise!!! Avoid
Them!!!!"
return to your quest for the TRUE IMPLEMENTATION of Orthodox Perl.
d) start with
perldoc perl
read it all, prove which is your preferred solution for
all of the currently available documentation that already
exists for all things that perldoc perl will list.
Read all of the References recommended, do the perldoc for
all modules you have currently loaded.
e) visit the CPAN, download each module in turn, decide for
yourself by
e1. code inspection
e2. building and running
e3. proving that you have a better solution
for all existing modules, and their potential modules,
that you understand their strengths, weaknesses, and
applicability across all platforms.
f) Visit the ActiveState Folks, and Source Forge, look at how
they are solving problems. Decide which of them are useful
solutions, by demonstration.
g) Look at coding solutions in Other Coding Languages, such as
python, ruby, java, c, c++, vb, etc - demonstrate that you
can actually do that better and faster and cheaper in perl.
h) TRUST NO ONE! Trust only what you have coded and benchmarked
yourself - even people who talk about Perl could be DEMONS
IN DISGUISE trying to lead you into apostasy and evil, and
pull you off the true path to the True Perl!!!
Go Thou, and Sin No More!
ciao
drieux
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