$max_wait   = ($wait1 > $wait2) ? ($wait1 > $max_wait) ? $wait1 : $max
+_wait : ($wait2 > $max_wait) ? $wait2 : $max_wait;
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If I was your teacher, I'd rap you on the knuckles with a ruler for writing that! Gah!

Please, consider this much clearer alternative:

$max_wait < $_ and $max_wait = $_ for $wait1, $wait2;
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Or, if you don't like the "and" there...

for ($wait1, $wait2) {
  $max_wait = $_ if $max_wait < $_;
}
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-- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker