in reply to quest for perl mnemonics


Unfortunatly the best mnemonics are the one which are personnal.

I managed to remember some mnemonics given in the Camel book
(those about the perlvar...)
But they're not as efficient with me as the one I made myself..

So my question is : will my (french!) mnemonics be useful to you ?

Netherless Perl and a lot of other good tools use option name and shortcut
based on english words (the -T for Tainted mode...) I've learn to use it to
recall them more easily.
(when It was obvious or when I couldn't find a good mnemonic by myself)

UPDATE :
Another related advice I would give you is to first determine what kind
of memory you have (visual, auditive...) to define the best way to boost
your memory .

For my part having a visual memory I only recall what I read, so I spot the page whith the info I want to remember and then I read it several time
(I then 'see' the page each time I'm looking for one info...)
but some people need to recite/hear some sentences to recall the info...

This is important too in the way you choose your mnemonics if you have
an auditive memory rhymes is a good way,
(-Tainted is the mode which protects your code)
if you have a visual memory you could build picture to remind the info
(like imagining a T like an umbrella with hackers bouncing on it, could be a good mnemonic for the -T switch...)

Of course you're encouraged to find better example ;-)

"Trying to be a SMART lamer" (thanx to Merlyn ;-)

Replies are listed 'Best First'.
Re: Re: quest for perl mnemonics
by neophyte (Curate) on Mar 19, 2001 at 21:20 UTC
    Unfortunatly the best mnemonics are the one which are personnal.

    This is true, thats why most of mine are in German (it is my first language after all). But I'm sure we can try to translate/explain french examples, as I did with the strict-policeman comparison. :)

    neophyte Niederrhein.pm