in reply to New to perl

There's a proverb for this: 
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day;
teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

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Re^2: New to perl
by GrandFather (Saint) on Mar 24, 2011 at 09:14 UTC

    Or maybe:

    Give a man a fish and he owes you one fish.

    Teach a man to fish and you lose your monopoly.

    Fortunately that's not how PerlMonks generally works though. ;)

    True laziness is hard work
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      Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. -- Pratchet

      (Not that I could name more than a few specific serial clue-impervious people that I'd like to set alight of course . . .)

      The cake is a lie.
      The cake is a lie.
      The cake is a lie.

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Re^2: New to perl
by papidave (Pilgrim) on Mar 24, 2011 at 13:47 UTC
    The way I learned it:
    Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day;
    Teach a man to fish and he'll spend his life savings on fishing tackle.
    But seriously, in this one man's opinion, there is more grace available here at PM for those in need of a clue than there is in most places on the web. You are required to take advantage of it by reading the links, but it's generally worth the result. Which leads to the equivalent:
    Give a man a Perlish App, and he'll have a solution for the problem at hand;
    Teach a man to use PM, and he'll spend the rest of his life perusing the Monastery (and CPAN).
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Re^2: New to perl
by Erez (Priest) on Mar 24, 2011 at 12:31 UTC

    ...But can you teach a starving man?
    The two are not inclusive

    Principle of Least Astonishment: Any language that doesn’t occasionally surprise the novice will pay for it by continually surprising the expert.

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