Tag: perl  Automatic deployment with git and gitolite
Continue reading...  Why Conventions Matter  When I started
teaching myself scripting languages, I started with Perl. One
Perl motto is "TMTOWTDI" -- "There's More Than One Way To Do
It," and pronounced "tim-toady." The idea is that there's likely
multiple ways to accomplish the very same thing, and the culture
of the language encourages finding novel ways to do things.
I've seen this principle used everywhere and in just about every
programming situation possible, applied to logical operations,
naming conventions, formatting, and even project structure.
Everyone has an opinion on these topics, and given free rein to
implement as they see fit, it's rare that two developers will
come up with the same conventions.  TMTOWTDI is an incredibly
freeing and egalitarian principle.  Over the years, however, my
love for TMTOWTDI has diminished some. Freeing as it is, is also
a driving force behind having coding standards and conventions
-- because when everyone