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in thread Coding styles: OOP vs. Subs

The point is, seeing code like that lets a maintenance programmer know that the original coder isn't that familiar with Perl, and to tread with caution, because there are undoubtedly obscure bugs lurking around.

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Re^8: Coding styles: OOP vs. Subs
by Perl Mouse (Chaplain) on Nov 18, 2005 at 09:32 UTC
    If a maintenance programmer thinks I'm not familiar with Perl after seeing my code, there's no hope for the programmer.

    Besides, I'm my own maintenance programmer.

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