Take it from one who's still struggling to tie his laces (programmatically). Programming is hard! It's coding that's easy.

It's easy to write a bit of code that does a specific "thing" ... I do it all the time.

What I still am struggling to get right is to write that same bit of code so that it is:
1.) Usable in more than just the one situation it was coded for.
2.) Stable in an unstable world.
3.) Looks good (i.e. Others can understand it.)
4.) Doesn't get me a metaphorical clout accross the skull when another programmer sees it.

Maybe I've swopped the "correct" definitions of coding and programming around? :-)

So Long
blackstarr

1 - see CPAN, modularization is easy 'nuff said. 2 - Logic. Just understand basic logic. No one can break logical code unless they invent a square circle. 3 - Don't drop the the lowest common programmer. Just keep it relatively simple and you'll be find (common sense stuff, break complex operations into multiple lines, etc) 4 - Program for yourself and you won't need to worry about this.

This entire thread can be summed up with one of the mottos of the monastry: "All software sucks".

Not all software sucks... Some of it blows.

One huge software company, against all logic, even manages to create software that both sucks and blows at the same time. ;o)

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"Every program has at least one bug and can be shortened by at least one instruction -- from which, by induction, one can deduce that every program can be reduced to one instruction which doesn't work." -- (Author Unknown)