http://www.perlmonks.org?node_id=1010518


in reply to When should you not use strict and warnings?

Its simple , if you know what strict/warnings do, if you understand the features they provide, you'll stop using them, when you no longer want those protetions :)

Also, acquaint yourself with Tutorials and super search -- its an invitation :)

 strict itself confers no benefits; The benefits come from avoidance of the bad practices forbidden by  strict :)

FAQ :)

  1. Why it's stupid to `use a variable as a variable name'
  2. A More Direct Explanation of the Problem
  3. What if I'm Really Careful?

Tutorials: Variable Scoping in Perl: the basics, Coping with Scoping , Mini-Tutorial: Perl's Memory Management, Lexical scoping like a fox, Read this if you want to cut your development time in half!