Well, being a poet with a really nice grasp of English vocabulary should assist in becoming a conversant to fluent Perl programmer. Perl is very sensitive to context and has a plethora of its own vocabulary. Some people in fact deride it for these things, but others revel in them. My impression of you from this thread is that if you apply yourself to learning Perl's vocabulary and grammar as you have to those of English, you will be a master. All it takes is time, effort, a bit of intelligence, and the ability to handle symbolic thought. You're clearly, then, well on your way. Take heart and take practice, and you'll be writing like an old hand soon.

In reply to Re^3: Attack of the killer timestamps by mr_mischief
in thread Attack of the killer timestamps by chexmix

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