Thank you for taking the time to put that post together, I really do appreciate the detail (aka rant) and it helps.

I have looked at the perldoc stuff and I get good information there. However, being new to perl (a couple weeks-ish) I still get lost in the details trying to find somewhat of a "specific" answer to a somewhat "general" question, if that makes any sense. ;-)

Anyhow, I usually can find the answers to "mechanical" type questions on my own. You know, "How do you do that?" etc. Where I find it more difficult is finding answers to "Why" or "When" I should (or should not) do something a particular way... the questions often best answered by experince.

That's where I have, in particular, found this board extremely helpful and remarkably responsive. No sucking up here, that's just the way I see it!

Thanks

In reply to Re: Re: Subs: Pass references or return them? by knexus
in thread Subs: Pass references or return them? by knexus

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