i'm passing time here, it's first thing in the morning
i was looking for info on loops (the perl-built in way
to do something different on the first pass only ...
obviously, it isn't important, i could do it manually...
but i like to learn this 'little' stuff

since there is no specific section for 'doing something
differently on the first or last iteration of a loop'
i decided to read the perl pocket ref from page 1 and figure
that i'd stumble across it eventually...

i'd gotten as far as page seven when the world as i knew
it changed dramatically...

i read (for the first time) about the difference between
      '$x' and "$x"

as someone who is (mostly) self-taught in perl i am
always astounded to find these things out
i remember once asking what the difference beween the
single and double quotes were and being told (or at least <italic)hearing</italic>)
'nothing, you can even use que-que-bang (qq!) for the same thing.'

well as it turns out, '$x' = '$x' and "$x" = "how existential"
you see they say that single quotes mean a literal string.

i'm sure many of you know about litteral strings as second
nature but the real truth is, none of us really know how
little we know. Sometimes, when you're lucky enough to
capture a glimpse of that, the possibilities become staggering.

In reply to it is amazing sometimes how little you know... by Buckaroo Buddha

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