OOP is considered an Advanced Topic in Programming Perl, so does not using OOP imply an Amateurish level of Perl knowledge?

No. I think you are confusing Perl knowledge with wisdom. I've been programming for about 30 years and only learned Perl and OOP in the last 5 or so. The first Perl programs I wrote were non-OOP C-like code, with gastly things like global variables (horrors), but strangely enough they worked and they were solid in production. I've learned a lot since then (OOP, Perl idioms, etc), and I don't write Perl code like that anymore, but I wouldn't call non-OOP usage either Amateurish or Novice level.

A novice is someone that uses what they already know to help them in a new field, knowing they will need to learn more, try new things and that they will make mistakes that will need correcting. An amateur is someone who uses the latest shiny tool (e.g. OOP) when it is inappropriate for the problem at hand, and doesn't suspect a thing.

In reply to Re: Indicators of your Perl skill by bluto
in thread Indicators of your Perl skill by kiat

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.