here's more answers:
| Favorite Perl Instruction |
last |
So much power, so few keystrokes |
| Least Favorite Perl Instruction |
eval |
Don't get me wrong, this is an extremely useful utility, but i always feel so guilty pulling it off the shelf |
| Favorite operator |
?: |
So quick to type, |
| Least Favorite Operator |
?: |
yet so much documentation to do also... |
| Favorite Looping Mechanism |
quantified foreach |
One line to loop them and all, and one line... |
| Least Favorite Looping Mechanism |
do {} until() |
just don't use it often |
| Favorite Module |
File::Find |
Useful sysadmin tool |
| Least Favorite Module |
Getopt.pl |
This is completely outclassed by the newer Getopt.pm modules. |
| Favorite Special Variable |
@ARGV | parse, strip, <> |
| Least Favorite Special Variable |
$| |
always the last place i look for a bug... |
| Favorite Variable Type |
Scalar |
It's a number, no wait it's a string, no a reference, wait wait, i've got it... ;-) |
| Favorite Command Line Switch |
-i |
i'll save that file, thank you |
| Least Favorite Command Line Switch |
-Mstrict |
ummm, wait a second, you mean it's not already in the file? Someone get me a rope... |
| Favorite Pragma |
use Diagnostics; |
ding! OH! So that's what that means... |
| Favorite Regexp Modifier |
prefixed m |
LTS anyone? |
| Favorite Regexp Metachar |
? |
if less is more... |
| Favorite Descriptive Variable Name |
$i |
You're already thinking of a loop, aren't you? |
| Favorite HERE Doc Delimiter |
END |
obligatory |
| Favorite Filehandle |
ARGV |
<> is my second favorite operator... |
nuf evah,
jynx
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