note BrowserUk <p>From the sound of things, you did exactly what she asked for. <ul><li>You didn't belittle her for not knowing what you know. </li><li>You didn't suggest a solution that involve changing the inputs to the problem, or changing the problem to suit a solution you knew. </li><li>You didn't preach to her about CPAN, or POD, or perldoc, or Supersearch. </li><li>You didn't berate her coding style, variable names, tab settings or editor choices. </li><li>You didn't assume that because you didn't understand her problem, that she was tackling the wrong one. </li></ul> <p>You gave a working solution to her immediate problem, that along the way, demonstrated the power of the 'use CPAN' mantra, <p>... without going all PerlMonks on her. <p>And you have left her to learn the lessons of your demonstration, in her own time and her own way. Nice one++. <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-171588"> <hr /> <font size=1 > <div>Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.</div> <div>"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". </div> <div>In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.</div> <div>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/6202877.stm|"Too many &#91;&#93; have been sedated by an oppressive environment of political correctness and risk aversion."]</div> </font> </div></div> 608933 608933