i'm not sure i can /see/ what "next;" is doing

for ( 1 .. 3 )
{
  print "The father\n";
  print "The son\n";
  next;
  print "But no holy ghost\n";
}
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Do you see it now? You do really need to understand the core concepts, like loops, if's and most importantly true/false. If you don't: this happens. I'm all for learning by example - this is the natural way our brain works - but you need examples of one core concept at a time.