in reply to How do you master Perl?
I've certainly done and redone the wheels Simon mentions.
I then found it instructive to compare the working
of my solution with others.
How does Kwiki do configuration?
How does So-And-So debug his code?
If they do something better
then I learn, if our designs converged I get a
warm glow.
Another thing I've tried to do, but not really succeeded, is to think about the limitations of the way I use Perl. After looking at Prototyped OO I found cases where I was badly half-implementing it. Likewise with AOP.
Then the Apocalpses came out. I read along as Larry solved the problems I couldn't even see I had (and Perl had).
This changing of perspective has teaches me most but it's difficult to turn into a process. Therefore, it's probably difficult to teach. I just continue to bang my head against things I don't understand until one or the other cracks. Good luck finding an alternative.
Brad
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