I think you taking the examples more literally than the author intended (NB. the authors mothers tongue isn't english). Some of the points I believe the author

I think you taking the examples more literally than the author intended (NB. the authors mothers tongue isn't english). Some of the points I believe the author is trying to get across: * Always have "use strict;" (and declare variables scope) * Make use of CPAN (eg. Term::Readline) * Don't use indirect object syntax * And use Moose if doing OO These are all good modern perl practices.