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in reply to When should you not use strict and warnings?

Well ... a friend of mine was fired after introducing strict in an old script... :(

Cheers Rolf

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Re^2: When should you not use strict and warnings?
by CountZero (Bishop) on Dec 27, 2012 at 15:55 UTC
    Clearly an instance of killing the messenger that brings bad news.

    CountZero

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Re^2: When should you not use strict and warnings?
by MidLifeXis (Monsignor) on Dec 27, 2012 at 14:13 UTC

    Without testing? In production? Ewwww. Or was it due to the number of 'bugs that now need to be fixed'?

    --MidLifeXis

Re^2: When should you not use strict and warnings?
by Anonymous Monk on Dec 27, 2012 at 19:27 UTC
    I hope he's glad he got the hell out of thatplace before a production failure that they never even cared to look-for was blamed on him. I've certainly seen good people get canned for that ... and they dusted the soles of their shoes as they departed.