This kind of quick success is the reason why I'm teaching my fiancee Perl as a first language. And, as I will be teaching her strict and warnings and good technique from the get-go, she shouldn't have any problem with OO-Perl. *grins*

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We are the carpenters and bricklayers of the Information Age.

Don't go borrowing trouble. For programmers, this means Worry only about what you need to implement.