Re^3: If I found the source code for the Universe, the first thing I'd do:

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I firmly believe that if I knew back then, what I know now, the money would have taken care of itself. Or not :)

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Re^4: If I found the source code for the Universe, the first thing I'd do: by perldigious (Priest) on Nov 01, 2016 at 18:02 UTC
I firmly believe that if I knew back then, what I know now, the money would have taken care of itself. I'd be foolish to disagree, but I think life would be so much simpler if: `my $goal = "what is to be accomplished?"; my @tasks = qw( all the necessary steps to get there ); if ( absolutely_necessary($goal) ) { do work(@tasks) or die "$!, but the rest of us forge on"; } elsif ( want_to_accomplish($goal) ) { do work(@tasks); }` [download] Could be reduced to: `my $goal = "what is to be accomplished?"; my @tasks = qw( all the necessary steps to get there ); do work(@tasks) if ( want_to_accomplish($goal) );` [download] Everybody writes their own `sub work` and `sub want_to_accomplish` of course. I suppose even `sub absolutely_necessary` is subjective in part, but there is apt to be a great deal of commonality there. Besides, isn't completely eliminating it a nice thought? The disappearance of the `or die` is a nice (or possibly horrifying?) thought too. :-) Just another Perl hooker - will code for food	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^4: If I found the source code for the Universe, the first thing I'd do:
by perldigious (Priest) on Nov 01, 2016 at 18:02 UTC

I firmly believe that if I knew back then, what I know now, the money would have taken care of itself.

I'd be foolish to disagree, but I think life would be so much simpler if:

my $goal = "what is to be accomplished?";
my @tasks = qw( all the necessary steps to get there );

if ( absolutely_necessary($goal) )
{
    do work(@tasks) or die "$!, but the rest of us forge on";
}
elsif ( want_to_accomplish($goal) )
{
    do work(@tasks);
}
[download]

Could be reduced to:

my $goal = "what is to be accomplished?";
my @tasks = qw( all the necessary steps to get there );

do work(@tasks) if ( want_to_accomplish($goal) );
[download]

Everybody writes their own sub work and sub want_to_accomplish of course. I suppose even sub absolutely_necessary is subjective in part, but there is apt to be a great deal of commonality there. Besides, isn't completely eliminating it a nice thought? The disappearance of the or die is a nice (or possibly horrifying?) thought too. :-)

Just another Perl hooker - will code for food

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