Re^2: Breaking The Rules

mikasue,
Thanks for writing this. I feel I have permission to use Perl anyway I see fit now :-)

Either I have failed to properly express my intent of this meditation or you have failed to grasp the spirit of it. This isn't a license to ignore what you don't like and do what you want. Let me enumerate the main themes again.

1. First understand why the rule, the exceptions, and the advice exist
2. Review that in context with your problem specific objective
3. Using prudence, explore all the things that could go wrong from continuing to pursue this approach
4. Safe guard yourself against all those known pitfalls
5. Use common sense and learn from your mistakes
6. Remember that your actions may impact more than yourself

Cheers - L~R

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Re^3: Breaking The Rules by mikasue (Friar) on May 30, 2006 at 19:25 UTC
I will definately follow these 6 rules :-) I want to learn Perl the right way. But I don't want my mistakes to hender me from learning it. This meditation says to me it's ok if you break the rules as long as you learn why. Have I got it now?	[reply]