I don't usually use strict, nor do I usuually use warnings. I don't need to because I've been coding forever and I can debug my own code rather quickly. Not to mention that more often than not warnings get in my way. That said, I get what I ask for. The burden rests solely on my shoulders to figure out what's wrong when things go wrong. Were I to use stricture and warnings, at least perl would be helping me discover where the problems lie. (Of course, when coding with others, stricture and warnings are on because there is always varying levels of skill in any group)
Now, do I recommend newbie perlers to use strict and warnings? Absolutely! But I also recommend that they understand what they mean and what they do. What usually happens though is that a newbie writes a one-liner with stricture and warnings enabled and doesn't understand why, just that a perl luminary told them they needed those things.
