in reply to Re^8: Recomendations For Learning perl?
in thread Recomendations For Learning perl?

Even as a beginner, I feel that I pressure myself to keep my code as concise as possible

this can be a sign of the dark size of the source..

Concise for humans does not immediately means faster for compilers; speed is one of last priorities and must be measured.

When you code your goal is quality.

Concise and clever musto go after readable and maintenable see this post thread for an example.

Once some monks said: Dont code at your best. Being to debug twice difficult than write code, you'll not be able to debug, by definition

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^10: Recomendations For Learning perl? -- be wise
by adamZ88 (Beadle) on Dec 08, 2016 at 22:09 UTC

    This post was quite helpful. I appreciate your recommendations. I do tend to assume that my "efficiency" will result in time saving. I will rectify this.