"clean" is such an 'airey-fairy' and subjective term that it is impossible to answer

Entirely true, of course. However, in my short time on PM, I've learned that most monks seem to give petitioners the benefit of the doubt on what "clean" means and infer, instead, that they really mean "recommended best practices". Yes, we can still get 12 opinions from 10 people (I realise this isn't exactly what you said - I can count ;-}), but perhaps that will help narrow down the question. I don't think "best practices" are quite so subjective. Still subjective, but should be much less so.

In reply to Re^2: Windows Services, Win32::Daemon, Threading, and SOAP::Lite by Tanktalus
in thread Windows Services, Win32::Daemon, Threading, and SOAP::Lite by hackdaddy

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