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Re: Best practice or cargo cult?

by spiritway (Vicar)
on Jun 21, 2006 at 05:13 UTC ( [id://556578]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Best practice or cargo cult?

"Cargo Cult Programming" is a bit harsh, but I can see some merit to this idea. IMNSHO, it's not a good idea to *always* do something. There are usually exceptions to a rule, and it's a good idea to know when those exceptions apply. I've been bitten by the /x switch, for example - blindly using it, without understanding that it was screwing up my regexp. It was just sloppiness on my part, a habit that was so ingrained that it took me hours to figure out it was the cause of the problem.

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