It's not an opinion I hold strongly, it's just something I've noticed. I've seen more than one talk where someone apologized for implementing something with 'ti

It's not an opinion I hold strongly, it's just something I've noticed. I've seen more than one talk where someone apologized for implementing something with 'tie'. Here's one blog post about it (still opinion): http://www.skrenta.com/2007/05/tie_considered_harmful.html http://www.skrenta.com/2007/05/tie_considered_harmful.html And, this article from the Modern Perl site itself has mixed opinions on the subject, but comes down on the side of not using it, in the general case, but knowing how and when to use it can be really valuable (Tie is the last subject covered on the page): http://modernperlbooks.com/books/modern_perl_2014/11-what-to-avoid-in-perl.html http://modernperlbooks.com/books/modern_perl_2014/11-what-to... I'm not trying to say there's no place for it. Tie in Perl has been used for really cool stuff.