G'day eyepopslikeamosquito,

Thanks for the compliment.

I usually look at an OP's previous posts. This gives me an idea of the OP's level of Perl knowledge and how best to frame my response. I did check on this occasion; wondered if I was flogging a dead horse; but chose to proceed anyway.

To Chuma: I've been writing Perl code for almost 30 years. A substantial part of my paid employment involves writing Perl code. I use these pragmata for personal, $work and PM code. I don't do this because it's trendy, expected, or for any other frivolous reasons; I do it because they're extremely useful and save me a lot of time.

Even with decades of experience, I still make typos and other silly mistakes (just like everyone else does) — I'd like Perl to tell me about these problems as soon as possible, instead of getting weird or unexpected output and spending a lot of time tracking down the source of the bug. I encourage you to use these pragmata for the same reasons.