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I know very little about Perl, so I know probably one answer to Perl questions per a week. And usually the answer I have has already been given to the person. There's your answer if that is what you meant by "why aren't you sharing?".

Secondly, I base my descriptions on personal experience. You have answered several of my questions with good answers and because of that, I commented on your Perl knowledge in the way I did. I hope that clears things up.

If I underestimated jcwren's knowledge of Perl then I am sorry, but again, I base everything on my experience.

Zenon Zabinski | zdog | zdog7@hotmail.com

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(jcwren) RE: (3) ZDog Hall of Fame Update
by jcwren (Prior) on Aug 06, 2000 at 07:57 UTC
    I'm actually humbled you think that much of my Perl knowledge. I know many principles of programming, I know a fair piece about operating systems, etc, and I know how to apply some of that knowledge to help people.

    I don't consider myself a Perl wizard, by any stretch of the imagination. I'm perfectly comfortable slinging lists of lists, and hashes that point to hashes that point arrays and such. But I rarely find a use for the map() function, and rarely take advantage of the things that you can do with lists (see a Schwartzian Transform). I understand why it works, but I often don't recognize where that type of technology can be applied, most likely due to a strong 'C', Forth, and assembly background.

    Some problems I like to solve so I can have a 'First Post!' answer. Make no mistake. A programmer who says s/he doesn't have an ego is a straight-out liar. Other problems are intruiging enough to do to the research, because I know that I don't know the answer. And other problems, I do know, and I enjoy (usually) helping people.

    So, no, in no way do I think you have underestimated my knowledge of Perl, and I'm flattered you think that highly of what I do know. Thanks.

    --Chris

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