66% or more of the module recommendations on PM seem to be for modules that are INCLUDED with a perl distribution. Not using core modules is as silly as not using the built-in operators and functions. Sure, eventually you may want/need to overload them or subclass, or even plain rewrite them, but we usually learn to color inside the lines before we get to color theory.

Good programming results from good habits. One important good habit in most scientific disciplines is to know and understand the current state of the art. Most Seekers at PM who are given "use the module" advice have not demonstrated that they are up to speed on the state of the art (not their fault! they are good people going through the learning process!). If they were completely up to speed, they would ask questions like: "I've been using the CGI module, but it completely lacks sensible validation procedures for HTML4, so I wrote the following mods. Now why does line XX generate an error?".

In reply to Re: Modules Vs. Manual Coding by ichimunki
in thread Modules Vs. Manual Coding by Chady

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