| Favorite Perl Instruction |
eval |
Endless fun, especially if you're not careful. |
| Least Favorite Instruction |
goto |
Still haven't had to use it yet. |
|
| Favorite Looping Mechanism |
map |
Despised for all the right reasons. |
| Least Favorite Looping Mechanism |
for as foreach |
Say what you mean, mean what you say. |
|
| Favorite Module |
HTML::Parser |
Or LWP::UserAgent, Inline::C, so many! |
| Least Favorite Module |
Net::Traceroute |
Hack city |
|
| Favorite Special Variable |
$@ |
|
| Least Favorite Special Variable |
$/ |
Whatever. |
| Favorite variable type |
HoH |
At least memory is cheap these days. |
| Favorite Command Line Switch |
-w |
Annoying, but for the betterment of all. |
| Least Favorite Command Line Switch |
-w |
Some CPAN modules warn like crazy! |
|
| Favorite Pragma |
strict |
Abuse me. |
| Favorite Regexp Modifier |
sex |
You can't have enough 'x' |
| Favorite Regexp Metachar |
\S |
Handy more often than not. |
|
| Favorite Descriptive Variable Name |
$n |
Easy on the hands. |
| Favorite HERE Doc delimitor |
FIN | Avoids confusion with __END__ |
| Favorite Filehandle |
CONF |
It's where you find out what to do |
