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vladb
While I haven't stumbled upon a script that could automate the process of 'evaluating' the quality of your perl code, there are plenty of online and print resources you could find helpful. <a href="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlbp/">Perl Best Practices</a> (<a href="http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8567">review</a>) by O'Reilly is invaluable in that regard. <br><br>
Some other online resources on the subject:
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<a href="http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2005/07/14/bestpractices.html">Ten Essential Development Practices</a><br>
<a href="http://www.perlmonks.com/?node=best+practices&go_button=Search">"Best Practices" at the monastery</a><br>
<a href="http://books.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/09/14/1451238">Slashdot discussion</a><br>
<a href="http://www.unix.org.ua/orelly/perl/prog3/ch24_01.htm">Common Perl practices</a> (novice traps)<br>
<a href="http://perl.active-venture.com/pod/perlstyle.html">Perl style guide</a><br>
<a href="http://www.perl.com/pub/a/1999/10/DBI.html">Perl guide on DBI</a> - since often used in cgi...
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