in reply to Assume that Perl has what you need

[People] who are new to ____ often make the mistake of starting their ______ efforts before they are sufficiently familiar with everything the _______ has to offer. I have seen and heard of many instances where a [person] spends valuable time writing _______ that duplicate built-in functionality provided by ______.
Is a nearly universal human truth. Gotta start inventing that wheel without delay!