I'm one of the three code-posters. But, that being said, I agree with you! The thing is: That particular moment, I had some free time and figured, I'd find a Perl exercise to work on -- maybe learn something. So, in my eyes, I'm actually the benificiary. That the OP got something out of it is mere coincidence.

One thing in particular that really kinda rubbed me was that *way* down in the thread, the poster indicated some pretty siginificant changes to the spec. Kinda rude, IMO to ask for stranger's advice and not put effort into a clear question, but that's the way it goes I guess....