I think this is more like hiring a number of people and assigning each one a task, and then following each one around to make sure they do it right. That's right: micromanagement.

For better or worse, i am with tilly on this one. If i need that kind of Bondage and Discipline, i will code in Java and not Perl. (And i don't code Java ;))

L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L--
-R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR
B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B--
H---H---H---H---H---H---
(the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)