To ordinary folks, conversion is not always automatic. It's something that may or may not require explicit assistance. See Billy Graham. :-)
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Conversion is not always automatic for non‑experts; sometimes explicit help is needed.
- In plain terms
- People may need help converting data.
- What can you take from it?
- Provide explicit conversion assistance.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When should you automate versus ask for user input?
Another view
Automation can hide errors from users.
More from Larry Wall
I think that's easier to read. Pardon me. Less difficult to read.
Permalink to quote #138 Well, you can implement a Perl peek() with unpack('P',...). Once you have that, there's only security through obscurity. :-)
Permalink to quote #140 Just don't make the '9' format pack/unpack numbers... :-)
Permalink to quote #137
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