perseus [gm] 22:26 /home/gm > perl -v This is perl, v5.6.1 built for i386-openbsd Copyright 1987-2001, Larry Wall Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit. Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on this system using `man perl' or `perldoc perl'. If you have access to the Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.com/, the Perl Home Page. perseus [gm] 22:26 /home/gm > perl foreach my $thing (qw/foo bar baz/) { print "$thing -> "; my $c = chop ${\$thing}; print " $thing,$c\n"; } Modification of a read-only value attempted at - line 3. foo -> perseus [gm] 22:26 /home/gm >