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Use subroutines for code reuse
 [bar] 8/3%
Master regular expressions
 [bar] 23/9%
Write my GUIs with Perl
 [bar] 13/5%
Abandon CGI in favor of some modern web framework
 [bar] 10/4%
Put my code in modules
 [bar] 9/3%
Create CPAN distributions
 [bar] 17/6%
test and document my code as I write it
 [bar] 25/10%
Write OOP with or without animal help
 [bar] 5/2%
Finally switch to a modern Perl style
 [bar] 10/4%
Create a killer application with Perl
 [bar] 22/8%
Detoxify from Perl and PerlMonks
 [bar] 2/1%
Choose another language because Perl is dead
 [bar] 19/7%
Learn to program for mobile devices
 [bar] 15/6%
Complete my secret world domination project
 [bar] 28/11%
Something else
 [bar] 11/4%
None, because the road to hell is paved with good intentions
 [bar] 46/17%
263 total votes
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Re: My top resolution in 2015 is:
by chacham (Prior) on Jan 16, 2015 at 16:18 UTC

    I thought top resolutions depended on what the monitor could support.

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Re: My top resolution in 2015 is:
by Laurent_R (Canon) on Jan 18, 2015 at 20:05 UTC
    I have chosen "Create CPAN distributions". Because I have written at least a dozen modules, probably more. OK, most of them are really specific to my firm's environment and would have little general interest, but at least 3 or 4 of them could be useful to the more general public. Except that, so far, I haven't taken the time to learn how to make a CPAN distribution.

    Je suis Charlie.
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Re: My top resolution in 2015 is:
by FloydATC (Deacon) on Jan 17, 2015 at 10:05 UTC

    Something else: Finally get around to fixing that old hairy piece of code that does a critical job really well but looks like a trainwreck.

    Bonus achievement: Fix the documentation which is known to be inaccurate after a dozen quick fixes that made the code look even worse.

    -- FloydATC

    Time flies when you don't know what you're doing

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Re: My top resolution in 2015 is:
by ww (Archbishop) on Jan 16, 2015 at 14:26 UTC
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[d/l]
      thanks! dunno if you too, as me, prefere more 'Perl realistic related even with some humor' polls.
      L*
      There are no rules, there are no thumbs..
      Reinvent the wheel, then learn The Wheel; may be one day you reinvent one of THE WHEELS.
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Re: My top resolution in 2015 is:
by blue_cowdawg (Monsignor) on Jan 20, 2015 at 15:13 UTC

    I resolve this year to not make any New Year's resolutions.

    Peter L. Berghold -- Unix Professional
    Peter -at- Berghold -dot- Net; Blog: http://blog.berghold.net Warning: No political correctness allowed.
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Re: My top resolution in 2015 is:
by Discipulus (Canon) on Jan 19, 2015 at 09:58 UTC
    I voted 'Abandon CGI in favor of some modern web framework' because i'd really like to be able to handle all the piece of the web puzzle on my own. I lack in distribution and testing too.

    L*
    There are no rules, there are no thumbs..
    Reinvent the wheel, then learn The Wheel; may be one day you reinvent one of THE WHEELS.
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Re: My top resolution in 2015 is:
by johngg (Canon) on Jan 24, 2015 at 22:31 UTC

    Retire from the world of work so that I can have the time to get a couple of old motorbikes in my garage back on the road, a 1960 Norton ES2 500 single and a 1971 Triumph T150 Trident 750 triple :-)

    Cheers,

    JohnGG

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      About time too, disgraceful leaving them for so long! If you decide to stay at work you could always let me have them.

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Re: My top resolution in 2015 is:
by chacham (Prior) on Jan 20, 2015 at 18:55 UTC

    The road to hell is paved with good intentions

    So, what's the road to heaven paved with? Bad intentions?

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      you negated the wrong part of the expression, chacham! in the mythological cosmo that has heaven and hell (and puragtory too!) you need to resolve to collect good.. 'opposite of intention'
      L*
      There are no rules, there are no thumbs..
      Reinvent the wheel, then learn The Wheel; may be one day you reinvent one of THE WHEELS.
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[d/l]

        Oh yeah? Define "good" in a way that everyone will agree to. :) With some people's (or peoples') version of "good", i think i'd much rather leave off at intentions!

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      Definitely yes! As Woollcott said: "All the things I really like to do are either illegal, immoral, or fattening"
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      The contract for that particular job is still out to tender, but the Good Intentions Paving Company has proven experience with implementing transportation infrastructure to cosomological destinations. We get you there faster!

      Sometimes I can think of 6 impossible LDAP attributes before breakfast.
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Re: My top resolution in 2015 is:
by wjw (Priest) on Jan 22, 2015 at 17:02 UTC

    ...and because I prefer to walk on the pavement as compared to being a part of it...

    ...the majority is always wrong, and always the last to know about it...

    A solution is nothing more than a clearly stated problem...

    wjw
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Re: My top resolution in 2015 is:
by jandrew (Chaplain) on Jan 27, 2015 at 22:37 UTC
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Re: My top resolution in 2015 is:
by Anonymous Monk on Jan 16, 2015 at 23:59 UTC
    out of the cave and into the light
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      well come back Aristotle!

      L*
      There are no rules, there are no thumbs..
      Reinvent the wheel, then learn The Wheel; may be one day you reinvent one of THE WHEELS.
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[d/l]

        I think you meant plato instead of aristotle? ;-)

        Philosophical differences aside, kudos to you for an interesting poll, Discipulus.

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Re: My top resolution in 2015 is:
by regexes (Hermit) on Jan 28, 2015 at 15:40 UTC
    None... definitely, none. I would break any I make anyway.
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      You could make a resolution to not break your resolution. If that's your only resolution, you ought to be pretty safe.

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        In fact, the node originally mentioned "not to make any resolutions" as the resolution, which, on the contrary, actually breaks itself immediately.
        لսႽ† ᥲᥒ⚪⟊Ⴙᘓᖇ Ꮅᘓᖇ⎱ Ⴙᥲ𝇋ƙᘓᖇ
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