Why is it that people are willing to learn how to actually do the task at hand when it has to do with physical things (driving, power tools, etc), but have this INSANE notion that they can just sit down at a computer and whip out the next Facebook in a weekend?!

Here is what you need to do, in this order:

  1. Stop working on your project. Now.
  2. Go out and buy a copy of Learning Perl.
  3. Read said copy of Learning Perl
  4. Come back to your project and throw it all away.
  5. Start again, this time actually thinking through what you're trying to do.

I'm not "being mean." I'm trying to teach you how to fish.

My criteria for good software:
  1. Does it work?
  2. Can someone else come in, make a change, and be reasonably certain no bugs were introduced?

In reply to Re^2: Perl/Html Question - rows are not aligned between different columns by dragonchild
in thread Perl/Html Question - rows are not aligned between different columns by Anonymous Monk

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