I was talking to my friend about Perl the other day, and realized something interesting. Even though I very much enjoy the Perl language and culture, my code output is not considerable. At most, I cough out a useable little Perl script once a month.

Despite this low coding rate, I read about Perl almost every day. I constantly look at code, and think about code. I design things in my head, and contemplate how they would be useful for a project I could create. And what I enjoy more than anything is reading about the developments in Perl 6 (which is quite fitting, considering the current topic).

I wasn't always this way. I used to use Perl for everything I could possibly think of. Any little process I could code up, I would. I have written quite a bit of Perl over the 3 years I've been using it, so I would like to think I'm at least decent with the language. Writing actual code just seems a bit tedious nowadays.

Now, what I'd like to know from the esteemed monks, is if this phenomenon is something others experience. Do you go through periods where the most important thing is thinking about code, rather than actually creating code?

In reply to Enjoying Perl without doing much coding by revdiablo

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