All problems are not the same. No, I would not accept that as a text editor. However, if I am looking at something that generates aggregate statistics and missing a single point and even a hundred of them and not affecting the precision of the result by more than by 0.0001% and the overall accuracy of the algorithm is +/- 0.1%, then yes. It is perfectly acceptable.
Help I appreciate. A personal indictment on what I care about - not so much. In this forum, posters ask for critique on perl, nothing more, nothing less. Critical critique in an answer to a question is fine. Extraneous critique or judgement not germaine to the question is superfluous - uneccesary and needless, and may call into question that credibility of the person speaking. Given that it is election season here in the U.S., there are plenty of superfluous statements, observations and critiques available. And as your signature line so aptly states: "In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice."
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