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in reply to 20 most important Perl Best Practices

Whether I completely agree with them or not ... is not the point.   They are well-reasoned, and they are well-said, and they will surely produce a good crop of other well-reasoned well-said responses.   For this alone, “thanks for sharing.”

Sometimes, the best-all-around “best practice” is simply to have one.   To have a really-clear idea of what such a practice is, and the determination to stick to it consistently throughout a project.   Indeed, IMHO, the word “consistently” just might be the very most important one of all ...