perl emma makes the world go round. I'm the first to say this too? 981006 ... thenestor It's merely a grain of sand in the oyster of the web... but look what it's become... it makes blather blathe. 981204 ... emma i just wrote my first scalar today. whee! 981204 ... emma the hugely gratifying part, though, is when you get your stupid little script up and running on the Internet and it's like WHEE! whee! 990124 ... dallas Perl is why I like computers still. It's magic and fun all rolled into one. It's better than the highest roller coaster and the steamiest shower. 990128 ... Tank i think i have finally figured this shit out... thank fuck... i was about to go insane... 001112 ... Tank ARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH i hate this shit... how can it just stop working..? fucking bizollixs. 010819 ... nanny a mis-spelled word. 010910 ... natural_satellite_of_love isn't she dr forrester's mom 030325 ... u24 I really don't see the appeal of PERL; it's -so- complicated! 040101 ... mockingbird i actually found it really easy to learn - that's the only reason i got into it cause i'm just that lazy it's just that it's really, really easy to write illegible perl code, methinx i think people fall in love with it because it's idiosyncratic and sometimes non-obvious and the CPAN likes perl 051217 ... olileauk is a magical language. Yes indeed. I haven't ever used it, but I hear good things. 051218 what's it to you? who go blather from