Thanks for the tips, I am sure I can make use of them. I need to learn more about "context" in perl. Time to do some reading I suppose.

Although I am new to Perl, I have coded in ASM, C/C++ for too many years when combined. So, I sometimes get hung up on things when working in a new language trying to relate things to previous experiences, which can be a good or bad thing.

I appreciate the "ease of use" info becuase I am moving from writing fairly simple scripts to more involved ones and I want them to be easy to maintain and understand.

Thanks