I write CGI - alot of it. It's muh job. And so to make that job easier I have written a little template program that is very simple: take the word that is inside the <~...~> tags, and eval it as a varible. The code I use is as simple as this:

while (<TEMPLATE>) {
    s/<~([^>]*)~>/eval "\$$1"/egi;
    print;
}

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Now, I KNOW there is a better way! And you want to know HOW I know there is a better way? Because if I ever have more than one of these cute little tags on a line, very odd things start to happen: sometimes it totally deletes the line, sometimes it only prints one, sometimes little elven creatures crawl out of my computer and start biting at my ankles (that's the worst).

Any way, I was wondering if any of the wisest in the land (that would be you guys) had any ideas on how I might make this little function of mine better, more useful, and LESS BUGGY!! Thanks so much, oh honorable ones.

Thanks much,
R.Joseph

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