Re: Programming every day

[chromatic]

Read questions here or on clpm or on another site and work out the answers for yourself. Succumb to the dumb questions like, "Can I replace everything in a typeglob?" or "Can I tie a symbol table?" Then write code to see if you can answer the question yourself. Put code in one window and run it in the other, or get a good editor that handles it for you. Take advantage of the short, nearly-transparent compile cycle and make quick changes and see what happens.

If you end up with a directory with hundreds of little files, you're on the right track.

Update: I didn't say to *post* your solutions on Usenet. :)

[ellem]

Well at least this is something I alreadu do. CLPMisc is one rough room though! I once tried to explain how to write a clear regex but used tr/// as the example... holy cow you'd think I drowned puppies on the internet or something.
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[belg4mit]

Here here! And in the spirit of this, and reinventing the wheel, try reinventing the language. Always a fun one is to implement your own hashes. Or one that was just tossed out sort, though I must admit that one would take me awhile. Also don't restrict yourself to perl wheels, reinventing functionality available in modules, is often done and you'll probably do enough of it as it is. Instead try implementing standard UN*X commands, like Perl Power Tools.

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