Sometimes, it just depends on perspective. Is caffeine the focus of attention or is perl?
If it's caffeine, then perl is (or can be) a tool to get more caffeine.
If it's perl, then caffeine is (or can be) a tool to get more perl.

"Should we dare to call ourselves PerlMonks if we're just fascinated by caffeine and we've lost our sense of respect towards it and ourselves as well?"

s/caffeine/perl/;

For some reason it really bothers me to see a saint avoiding a perl module to use a system call...

Update:Thanks to japhy for being a good sport!

In reply to Re: (Perl)Monks, Zen, Caffeine and Hacker Habits by joefission
in thread (Perl)Monks, Zen, Caffeine and Hacker Habits by Sigmund

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