Re^2: Breaking The Rules

[Limbic~Region]

mikasue,
Thanks for writing this. I feel I have permission to use Perl anyway I see fit now :-)

Either I have failed to properly express my intent of this meditation or you have failed to grasp the spirit of it. This isn't a license to ignore what you don't like and do what you want. Let me enumerate the main themes again.

• 1. First understand why the rule, the exceptions, and the advice exist
• 2. Review that in context with your problem specific objective
• 3. Using prudence, explore all the things that could go wrong from continuing to pursue this approach
• 4. Safe guard yourself against all those known pitfalls
• 5. Use common sense and learn from your mistakes
• 6. Remember that your actions may impact more than yourself

[mikasue]

I will definately follow these 6 rules :-) I want to learn Perl the right way. But I don't want my mistakes to hender me from learning it. This meditation says to me it's ok if you break the rules as long as you learn why. Have I got it now?