instead of fixing the underlying problem We fixed it in Perl 6, and I created a patch for Perl 5 to make strict default. I wish it had been the default behavi

instead of fixing the underlying problem We fixed it in Perl 6, and I created a patch for Perl 5 to make strict default. I wish it had been the default behavior, but at least strict is available (and has long been a recommendation in every credible tutorial and online forum). Note also that ECMAScript has recently introduced a similar strict mode.