But I would walk 500 miles
And I would walk 500 more
Just to be the man who walked a thousand miles
To fall down at the monastery door



use constant STEPS_IN_MILE => 2000; # rough estimate based on www.thew
+alkingsite.com/10000steps.html

my $step_counter = 0; # I'll presume you are just starting out...
my $current_state = 'walking'; # but you are trying!

while ($current_state eq 'walking')
{
    $step_counter++;
    $step_counter++ if ( $step_counter/STEPS_IN_MILE > 500 ); # don't 
+you think you've dawdled long enough?  Pick up the pace! (more of a j
+og at this point)
    $current_state = 'fallen down' if ( $step_counter/STEPS_IN_MILE > 
+1000 ); # do ring the gong before falling, the kind Monks will surely
+ fetch you water.
}

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In reply to Re^3: Holy Crap! Programming Well is Hard Work by perldigious
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