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From: vsh@etnibsd.UUCP (Steve Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: "MOST COMMON NOVICE BUG" contest
Message-ID: <1118@etnibsd.UUCP>
Date: 6 Mar 90 22:26:54 GMT
References: <15230@bfmny0.UU.NET> <15232@bfmny0.UU.NET>
Reply-To: vsh@etnibsd.UUCP (Steve Harris)
Organization: Eaton Corp, Semiconductor Equipment Div., Beverly, MA
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In article <15232@bfmny0.UU.NET> tneff@bfmny0.UU.NET (Tom Neff) writes:
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>I still think PL12 creates a new 'most common novice bug' situation
>in the language, but at least it works as advertised.


So, what are the "TEN MOST COMMON NOVICE BUGS" in perl?  I nominate:

    Placing a comma after a filehandle in a print statement.

Anybody care to add more?  Novices, SPEAK UP!!
Experts, try to remember when you weren't!

print STDOUT "Just another Perl novice\n";
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Steve Harris - Eaton Corp. - Beverly, MA - uunet!etnibsd!vsh