I certainly agree w/ you that it is difficult being able to ask the right questions. I have found, one of the more fun things about perl, is trying to figure out, on your own, how something works.

One of the nice things about the Monastery that I enjoy, is just facilitating discussion. Post a snippet of code and see what kind of discussion gets generated by it. Then, as the discussion gets going, you might find bits of info that might spur on your thought train. Certainly, it is nice to have the snippets in the archive as well, for other monks who might be doing something similar.

birdbrane