note hardburn <p>Agreed. Adding my take to the "intended audience discussion", I expect that my co-workers have a solid grasp of Perl, so I don't shy away from using somewhat more complex Perl idioms.</p> <p>Published papers in mathematics don't explain the summation symbol every time it comes up. If you have a degree in mathematics, you're just expected to understand it already. Likewise, there's no reason to limit yourself to a pidgin dialect of Perl (or any other language) if you're hiring good people.</p> <!-- Node text goes above. Div tags should contain sig only --> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-195718"> <hr /> <p>"There is no shame in being self-taught, only in not trying to learn in the first place." -- Atrus, <i>Myst: The Book of D'ni</i>.</p> </div></div> 669173 669387