Just for practice, I coded up a Perl/Tk clone (actually, as jcwren pointed out, I didn't write a clone of *Perl/Tk*, but a Fortune clone IN Perl/Tk). The only problem is that every time you get a new fortune, the window frame resizes itself...oh well, maybe next version. Any pointers would be appreciated. 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use Tk;

my $fortune;
my $fortune_label;

my $mw = MainWindow -> new;
$mw -> title("FortuneTk");

$mw -> Button(-text => "Exit", -command => sub { &exit })
    -> pack (-side => 'bottom');

$mw -> Button(-text => 'Next Fortune', command => sub { &get_fortune }
+)
    -> pack (-side => 'bottom');

$fortune_label = $mw -> Label()
    -> pack(-side => 'top', -ipadx => '130', -ipady =>
    '90');

MainLoop;

sub get_fortune {
    $fortune = `/usr/games/fortune`;
    $fortune_label = $fortune_label->Label(-textvariable => \$fortune)
        -> pack(-side => 'top'); 
}

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