K
kj
I do a lot of Perl programming, and yet there are many Perl features
that I *never* find a use for, and I wonder whether this is because
these features are inherently not very useful, or it's me who is
being just too dense to realize what I'm missing. In decreasing
order "remoteness from everyday programming":
1. formats
2. prototypes
3. operator overloading
4. tied variables
I'm curious whether other Perl programmers find these feature
useless as I do, and if not (as is likely) when do you find any of
these features truly handy? I.e. what kind of programming task
would become for you significantly more difficult (or plain less
fun) to code if the feature were not available?
kj
that I *never* find a use for, and I wonder whether this is because
these features are inherently not very useful, or it's me who is
being just too dense to realize what I'm missing. In decreasing
order "remoteness from everyday programming":
1. formats
2. prototypes
3. operator overloading
4. tied variables
I'm curious whether other Perl programmers find these feature
useless as I do, and if not (as is likely) when do you find any of
these features truly handy? I.e. what kind of programming task
would become for you significantly more difficult (or plain less
fun) to code if the feature were not available?
kj