Thank you for the reply and the kind words! Thank you for leaving your book open as well... that's much appreciated dedication to the whole "free knowledge", and goes above and beyond at literally the cost of potential personal financial gain. Mucho kudos.

Looking back at my post history (which I do from time-to-time), I recognized that every few years since I hit Friar level, I've put out "appreciation" type posts like this that elicit great feedback. This one was leading up to me being a subscribed member for eight years, and felt I was due for another.

Here's to another eight years of who-knows-what will bring, but I do know that as long as Perl is still being active with an active community, I'll be a part of it no matter where I go and what I'm doing.

Cheers,

-stevieb

ps. I haven't had the opportunity to read up the book yet, but I'm moving in a few days, and will be without any communications for almost a week, so thanks for the reminder. I'll scoop it up and read it then :)