This is slightly OT, so please forgive me that.

I think the advice about use strict; is truly excellent. And perhaps use warnings; for good measure. But what I'm really writing about is a point of grammar. Kids today just have horrible grammar, using a second person singular form to address a group, hmph! Here are the correct forms/functions:

• Thou forgivest me mine abhorrent code. (Talking to one person - subject)
• You forgive me my bad breath. (Talking to a group - still subject)
• I shall strike thee over the head with the Camel. (object of 'strike')

That Camel an animal/mine animal, a beast/my beast. Get it?

BTW, these are just example sentences, I do not have chronic halitosis, I have no plans of violence towards you, and I do not own anything but a paperback camel (as opposed to the kind that would flatten you), so it's unlikely to be fatal anyway.

Update: A nifty link I found addressing this off-topic. :)

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Allolex