http://www.perlmonks.org?node_id=406292

There is a wisdom that states "If you want to be a great coder, read great code" - in other words, learn from those who have come before. In perl, this can be done quite easily by rummaging around in the catacombs of the Monastery, or by skulking around inside CPAN.

When you start doing this, I think one of the most striking thing is just how many WTDI (Ways To Do It - from TMTOWTDI) some modules employ. Some of my favourites are

Those are just three recent ones where I suddenly stopped reading, sat up and went 'Thats ... incredible'.

Perhaps other monks would care to share the wonderful ideas (and weird ones too ... ) held in CPAN.

use brain;