You've hit the nail right on the thumb as they say.

In this case I was speaking of Perl culture, although all of the others apply.

I have dealt with many programmers who continue to write code in every language they encounter as if they were still using the first language they learned. ("You can write FORTRAN in any language.")

I'm sure we have all seen people who stick to an approach they were taught in a programming class, whether it is correct or even makes sense in the current context, because that is how they were taught.

In this case, I'm speaking of the shared culture of Perl (assuming it exists <grin/>). Obviously, some of the idioms above do not apply to other languages. Most languages have their own cultures and idioms. Some of those idioms translate to other languages, some don't. One of the things I like about Perl is the richness of the idioms it supports.

Strangely, some languages seem to try to remove idioms in favor of having only one way to solve any given problem.<shrug/>.

G. Wade

In reply to Idiomatic Perl and Culture by gwadej
in thread Textual Analysis and Perl by cyocum

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