in reply to $_="eval eval"; s/a/i/;

The above script ends with 21 e's, several of which are meaningless

Well, BooK wrote 59 /e which, like the title suggests, ends with 59 e's, all of which are necessary! You'll have to try harder :o)

should run under both strict and -w

No, not bad etiquette at all. Just state the conditions beforehand.

- another intruder with the mooring of the heat of the Perl