Marshall,
Please do read cargo cult then as it will be enlightening. In a nutshell, it means blindly following a ritual in the belief it will lead to the desired results. By telling someone who is presumably very new to perl that they should be using a HoA instead of an AoA because it is the more perlish way to do things without explaining why, could and has, resulted in someone always using a HoA even in situations when an AoA is better.

I don't disagree with your position on the power of perl or how it is often misused or underutilized. My issue was that you didn't bother to explain yourself or even make your advice conditional upon stated assumptions. This can lead down the path of cargo culting.

My opinion isn't shared by everyone and there are a number of good counter points. For more, see Breaking The Rules and Breaking The Rules II.

Cheers - L~R

In reply to Re^4: array of arrays by Limbic~Region
in thread array of arrays by Anonymous Monk

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