| Favorite Perl Instruction |
#!/usr/bin/perl -w |
Oh, Perl instruction ... not perl instruction (nevermind). |
| Least Favorite Instruction |
do the dishes |
Oh, you probably meant Perl instruction again. |
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| Favorite Looping Mechanism |
for(;<>;){} |
Yeah, well *everybody* does while(<>){}. |
| Least Favorite Looping Mechanism |
goto |
But sometimes it is fun to mess with people's heads. |
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| Favorite Module |
Schroedinger::Cat |
Doesn't exist yet, but I'm dying to look in the damn box. |
| Least Favorite Module |
English.pm |
Does anyone actually use this? |
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| Favorite Special Variable |
$_ |
Often used, seldom seen. |
| Least Favorite Special Variable |
$[ |
What, you don't like saying 'The zeroeth element'? |
| Favorite variable type |
hash |
Who doesn't like hashes? |
| Favorite Command Line Switch |
-e |
From the cl of course, -w in a script |
| Least Favorite Command Line Switch |
-X |
ook! |
|
| Favorite Pragma |
strict |
What else? |
| Favorite Regexp Modifier |
/gimeesex |
Replacement often resolves to 'do the dishes' though ... |
| Favorite Regexp Metachar |
(?!pattern) |
Well, I count it as one metachar. |
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| Favorite Descriptive Variable Name |
$blah |
Blah! |
| Favorite HERE Doc delimitor |
EOF |
But also HTML or SQL when appropriate. |
| Favorite Filehandle |
DATA |
The DATA handle is quite handy at times. |
