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From the Frontiers of Research to the Heart of the Enterprise
O'Reilly Open Source Convention
Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina
July 22-26, 2002 -- San Diego, CA

Apache
Session
Writing Maintainable Perl
Adam Turoff

Track: Perl
Date: Thursday, July 25
Time: 1:45pm - 2:30pm
Location: Marina III
This talk begins by a brief overview of a typical project lifecycle, starting with the quick hacks that eventually lead to impenetrable and inscrutable Perl programs that become a maintenance nightmare. Common behaviors in un-maintainable Perl programs will be discussed, along with ways to avoid these counter-productive techniques. Ideas for remediation of bad Perl code is discussed, as well as guidelines for keeping your Perl programs from reaching an un-maintainable state.