I consider myself an advanced computer user. I have 30 years of experience. Been repairing computers for 25 years. So, even if I did get a virus, I know to get rid of it and what to do... Perl is also not my first programming language. Everybody has a programming style. Perl is a language that allows people to accomplish the same thing in many different ways. So, if my program works, great. If something doesn't work, I will ask a question. That's what PerlMonks is for! :D Perl is a new language for me. I started learning in 2016, and I have been playing with it ever since. I like this language because it allows me to create programs that work on multiple platforms. The same little Perl program can run on Linux, Windows, DOS, and MacOS. And that is amazing!
People CAN and DO change. "History is no predictive of future results." That's an expression we often hear at investment houses. It's also true about people. Just because someone did something at some point doesn't mean he is going to repeat the same pattern forever. We learn. We change.
"I know it is dumb but it works for me' isn't something worth sharing with others"
So, if we invent a shortcut or patch to fix a broken software or hardware, then you're suggesting that we shouldn't share our solution? What's the purpose of the internet then? If we made discoveries or programs to solve various problems but we all kept it to ourselves, who would benefit? No one but ourselves. So, I think, it's a good idea to share information.
I picked up a computer book one time, and very early in chapter 1 it said that updates are important and you must have the latest antivirus and security software, etc. I closed the book and put it back on the shelf. And I made an observation. Every computer scientist who acquires their knowledge from books gets indoctrinated, and they religiously believe that updates are important and that antivirus softwares are important. It's like a religion. People don't think. They refuse any evidence or idea that goes against what the talking heads are saying. They just repeat the same thing that they are told. It's ridiculous, but that's how computer religion is. Everything or most of the things I know about computers I did not acquire from books but from experience. I remember as a child, sitting in front of my first computer which had MS-DOS 5.00 on it. I spent 6 hours on most days just fooling around trying different things. But that's the best way to learn, because you discover things that a book might not tell you about. In reply to Re^3: I prefer not to run the latest version of Perl because:
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