There is a good article on refactoring on perl.com : A refactoring example

I learned A LOT about Perl by looking at my (and others!) old Perl code and going through the refactoring process - trying to improve what was already there, applying my new knowledge of Perl, and exploiting CPAN modules that I had become familiar with.

It's a good sign that you are critical of your own code and wonder if it's really the best that it can be. There are wayyy too many developers/admins/others that are content to write half-assed, barely functional scripts/programs/apps, stick them in production, and never look at them again.

Hanlon's Razor - "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity"

In reply to Re: Lots of subs in large program vs lots of small programs by Art_XIV
in thread Lots of subs in large program vs lots of small programs by bradcathey

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