in reply to Re: Is CPAN fish or fishing?
in thread Is CPAN fish or fishing?

I love bad analogies. That's why I make so many of my own. :)

But module use may retard development of coding skills that will be needed when there is no module around to do what you need.

Discouraging module use for the sake of "learning how to do it myself!" may retard development of coding skills that will be needed when you have to do something right. Just like calculus, use a teacher — or, at least, a really good book — to learn how to do it.

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Re: Re: Re: Is CPAN fish or fishing?
by Ninthwave (Chaplain) on Oct 31, 2003 at 15:04 UTC

    And is not the analogy of this site based on the monastic societies where the uninitiated would go to learn. So would it not be the duty of the monks to help the initiates?

    So are not the monks supposed to be the teachers? Or are they just to point people towards their favourite bible, saying the camel is better than the lizard that the lion eats in the desert.

    I am new here, but I appreciate the fish with my fishing lessons. Though I am still really learning to tie my lures.

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