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<i>Unfortunately, first impressions are everything.</i>
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Or fortunately. I was fortunate enough to read Learning Perl, and realize that [merlyn] is not only an adept writer, but that he also cares deeply about the subject matter. That was my first impression.
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Now I come here and don't even have to pay money to learn from him. He just reviews code for free. Not a bad deal. One of these days I want my company to be making the kind of money that can bring Mr. Schwartz in for a week to do hands on training and code review with me and my fellow coders. Until then, I thank not only merlyn, but all of the other donors here at Perlmonks.
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They are helping me become a better programmer. For free. That's tough to beat.
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