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I know:

• Some people think that Perl Best Practices is an oxymoron
• Some people think there is one best practice: Use Ruby/Python/[insert your language of choice here]

However, the title of this upcoming book will really peeve Ted since he hates the term Best Practices so much :)

Also, on Sunday, there were 3 simultaneous ‘Birds of a Feather’ discussions. I went to the one on ‘Software Architecture’; the panel consisted of David Bock, Mark Richards, either Ben or Glenn (I didn’t know him), and Ted. It was interesting to watch Mark (with some support from the audience) differing with Ted on the use of the term “Best Practices”. Mark was of the opinion that “Best Practices” existed, whereas Ted believed “there is no such thing as a Best Practice”. Someone from the audience tried to convince Ted by suggesting to use the term ‘a widely used practice’ instead. Ted didn’t seem to buy that either for his own reasons. So much for the term!

Anything from Damian is worth reading, so I am looking forward to it.