So I'm sitting here at work, idly monitoring one of our internal chat channels (#perl, no less), and I see a tormented soul...

"I want to compare the elements in two arrays to check for any differences?".

"Hmmm", I think to myself. "What are you trying to compare?", I venture.

"Two unix paths. Any part of them could differ."

No longer feeling very confident, I flail around, throwing out a foreach() here, a split() there, all to no avail. Then it hits me.

"Why not try PerlMonks.org?". Turns out he's never heard of it. He checks it out, posts and gets a few answers.

...................

Later on, I return back to the chat channel, and I see this : -

"ooooh, jordan, perl guru Randal Schwartz just replied to your question!"

"Nice!"

I am therefore pleased to announce that PerlMonks.org now has a very satisfied customer base within a large Investment Bank in London. Yay.

p.s I'll mention the Collection Plate to the appropriate people.

Azatoth a.k.a Captain Whiplash

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