I've never found any programming language that intrigues me as Perl does. (I've used LISP and C/C++ and liked to have utilities that I wrote using those, but didn't enjoy the actual programming as much.) Playing music is probably the one thing that I enjoy in a similar way. The feeling that I get seeing a nice Perl program is similar to that evoked by hearing a clever musical phrase; in both cases I want to assimilate that so I can "make it my own." Perhaps it is because Perl seems closer to a "natural" language than other programming languages (at least the ones I am familiar with.) But fortunately I don't have to replace anything - I can have it all. Life seems good - I wish it were so for everyone!
chas

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