1. <*.txt> vs. glob '*.txt':
    Depends. A neat trick i lifted from merlyn is to use File::Find to find your target files and push them to @ARGV via: 
    push @ARGV, $File::Find::name if /MAGIC_CONDITION/;

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    then you can modify their contents via the empty angle brackets: <>. I don't think you can do that with glob ...
  2. readline over angle brackets:
    I tend to use angle brackets - guilty of lazy typing. ;)
  3. backticks
    I try to avoid them anytime i can. When i first started using Perl i used them a lot. Too much. Then i found system and exec, and IO::Pipe among other CPAN modules that can replace backticks.
All in all, i think a good exercise is to force yourself to practice The Other Way. Not necessarily in your production code, but in the throw-away scripts that you write from time to time. Balance is good. :)

jeffa

L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L--
-R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR
B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B--
H---H---H---H---H---H---
(the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)

In reply to (jeffa) Re: Pronounceable syntax or beloved punctuation? by jeffa
in thread Pronounceable syntax or beloved punctuation? by Juerd

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