On 7/31/07, Mr. Shawn H. Corey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Programming is a rigorous discipline. Learning to do things right the first > time around achieves two things: > > 1. You don't have to unlearn bad habits before you learn the good ones. > > 2. Understanding the concepts behind the practice is easier. >
Shawn, This list isn't about programming. It's about Perl. That's a subtle, but important difference. Programming is a discipline, a profession, even. It is a set of techniques, communities of use, and "best practices" that very only very slightly from application to application. Perl is a language. It is a collection of functions, operators, and features. Those features are a fact, a pre-existing condition. And on this list, at least, questions about them--even questions about the ones that you, personally don't happen to like--need to be answered in the spirit spirit in which they are asked. That is, in a spirit of openness and learning. And perhaps most importantly, in the spirit of Perl and the Perl community whose motto is "TIMTOWTDI." In case you've forgotten, there that means "There Is More Than One Way To Do It." Keeping that distinction in mind, it is usually inadvisable to respond to a question about Perl with an answer about programming, and vice versa. It's okay to mention your opinions about "Current Best Practices," of course, but then leave it at that.*** We're not here to be programming Czars. The beginner's list certainly isn't an appropriate place to get into esoteric flame wars over 2 argument vs. 3 argument versions of open and indirect filehandles. Save that for comp.lang.perl.misc. Best, -- jay ***Current Best Practices (CBP) are (c)2007 the current poster. CBP are personal opinion of the current poster and do not necessarily reflect the views of this station. Subject to change without notice. Void where prohibited. CBP not valid in Vermont, New York, or the Republic of Sealand. -------------------------------------------------- This email and attachment(s): [ x ] blogable; [ ] ask first; [ ] private and confidential daggerquill [at] gmail [dot] com http://www.tuaw.com http://www.downloadsquad.com http://www.engatiki.org values of β will give rise to dom!
