The thoughts that seem to plague me even as I sleep are:

1.) How can I improve my programming skills to make this block/sub/module more flexible?
2.) How can I write more elegant (yet, still understandable) code?
3.) How can I write less code without jeapordizing stability (in other words, killing duplications)?
4.) Am I re-inventing the wheel, or is this code ground breaking?

Whenever I'm writing code (as I am now), these things race through my head in a (at best) random order. Also, these thoughts have come from my interaction with others here at PM. Since most of the people here are experienced Perl hackers, it would be stupid of me not to take any of their advise.

In short, "Make Perl yours, but always carry around a Bag-O'-Tricks(tm). Someone else might need the gift of constructive criticism (or at least, a swift kick in the rear)."

Theodore Charles III
Network Administrator
Los Angeles Senior High
4650 W. Olympic Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90019
323-937-3210 ext. 224
email->secon_kun@hotmail.com

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