"I've registered for a username here but looks like the request is still being considered"

You present yourself very well. I won't elaborate on that, but I assume you've been around the block and know what I'm speaking of.

You're more than welcome here, and I too prefer braces over indents.

I feel that Perl is right up your alley for what you've described. Many of the members (ahem: Monks) here have been around for some time, and have experience across countless competencies far beyond the Perl programming language itself. For me personally, I know I've answered questions here (and asked questions about) far reaching things such as networking, other languages (including real life dictionary linguistic translation), extremely detailed reporting mechanisms, and for me, when I ask questions as of the last few years, I ask the mathematicians for help with scientific algorithms that I can't come up with or understand myself.

I forget how the approval for a new account works as it's been some time, but we'll see if Corion can fast track any mechanism to get you included.

Welcome to Perlmonks. It has been, and still remains my favourite place on the Internet.

In reply to Re^5: latest perl book. by stevieb
in thread latest perl book. by Anonymous Monk

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