For those not wanting to go off site, an argument is being made for a different solution to while (<>) {...} and because of what it does to $_ .</paraphrase>

I would recommend posting your meditation here instead of (perhaps in addition to) off-site. Reasoning:

• The remote site may not be as long lived as perlmonks
• If I wish to make comments, they are now on a different site, perhaps with other authentication requirements
• To see all of the responses, I now have to merge two discussions.

This, however, is my own preference.