open LOG, '<', 'the/log' or die $!;
my %hash = do{ local $/; split ' ', <LOG> };
close LOG;
Examine what is said, not who speaks.
"Efficiency is intelligent laziness." -David Dunham
"Think for yourself!" - Abigail
"Memory, processor, disk in that order on the hardware side. Algorithm, algoritm, algorithm on the code side." - tachyon