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  • Mark and I got in to a heated debate about this on his perl-quiz list a few years ago. Mark doesn't like how many of us tell new Perl programmers to 'use strict' almost like a Mantra and has a lightning talk based on it. We have since agreed to disagree.

    While this error you've spotted is possibly a typo, that wasn't in Mark's original code, to me it highlights why use strict and warnings are such useful things to include in your programs.

    • Not only do I tell newbies to "use strict", I also tell them to "use warnings" as well. I personally believe that if something doesn't pass "use strict" (without good reason), it shouldn't be in release code. HOP is a good book and has me thinking about Perl in different ways.
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