If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There’s no use being a damn fool about it.
— W. C. Fields

Consider that the failure is likely someone else's fault, possibly LanX :P

Consider that the failure is likely someone else's fault, possibly LanX :P

I just blame god. (In the final analysis, that's where the buck stops.)

Cheers,
Rob

Rumour has it that there are those who worship LanX as the almighty.

• Blame an external factor

… maybe even at the same time ;-)

I always succeed. Like Chuck.

Update: Chuck doesn’t use bless because he is blessed.

Plan A: Leave it for a while and come back later for another bash or two.

Plan B: Sleep on it.

Plan C: Explain it to someone else. These days, since I'm working from home (as many of us are), that someone is my step-son. And that approach does sometimes work.

Plan C: Explain it to someone else.

Classic Rubber duck debugging. Having a human pretending to listen to you makes it look a little bit more normal to outstanders. Plus, an actually listening human can ask questions that may lead to finding bugs.

Alexander

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Today I will gladly share my knowledge and experience, for there are no sweeter words than "I told you so". ;-)

Go to sleep and tackle it again when my mind is fresh. If I'm lucky, I'll have dreamt the solution.

I reread the manual for any parts I didn't write, try again, wash, rinse, repeat a couple of times, then go to IRC or some other help system.

I thought you may have said "have a cookie and a very nice day!"

If it's any consolation, I paid someone to vote on this on my behalf....

Perl programmers are thrifty!