Chapter 2. The Zen of Perl Developing

“Wild nights are my glory.”

Mrs. Whatsit in A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L'Engle

We've come to realize there are two sides to programming: the left-brain, formal minutiae of creating smart code; and the right-brain, soft, touchy-feely stuff that goes on in your head.

Most programmers would rather ignore the touchy-feely stuff because it's just Not Their Thing. However, we've found that it's more important than the rational left-brain information, because it affects everything you do. So we're going to cover the soft stuff first, because it's what happens first in your head. This leads us to a touchy-feely ...

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