re: "10. It's OK to reinvent the wheel sometimes;"

I'd say that's generally only true if you can't get at the source for the wheel. Really, wheels should usually be improved rather than reinvented anew. One might also consider whether wheels simply need new tires (wrappers) rather than reinvention, though the outer interface for the wheel might need to be redesigned to accept your new tire design.

There are exceptions to every rule, including the "use strict and warnings" rule — particularly in Perl culture — but I don't think that invalidates the rule particularly.

print substr("Just another Perl hacker", 0, -2);
 - apotheon
CopyWrite Chad Perrin

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