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All the Perl that's Practical to Extract and Report

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  • [...] but only be exercising discipline and limiting the syntax you use to a small subset of the available syntax. This requires discipline on the part of the programmer.
    Um... why? Why do these people think it's necessary to only use a subset of a language? That's a silly restriction for yourself.
    • Are you serious? No experienced coder would want to use everything in Perl5. There are many things in there that are obviously bad ideas at this point. Restricting yourself to a subset is very much necessary.
      • A priori restricting yourself is silly.

        If perl provides a feature that is just what you need, but you decided long ago you'll never use that feature, you're not doing it right. IMO.

        I've never used formats in the past. I'm not saying I'll never use them in the future. It's unlikely, because formats only work well for fixed pitch fonts, but I never say never.
        • There are many features that should be avoided if possible (formats) and some that should be avoided at all costs ($[). Never is a totally reasonable thing to say when choosing your dialect of Perl.
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