This is the finest piece of merlyn cultist post I've seen :) Actually, why do you care so much about what he does? Why him, and not the rest of the monks? Is he that important in your lives? Why does he need to conform to standard that no one else has to conform to?

There has been much talk about merlyn in PM, and he has a strong colorful personality. Why not let him have that? If he likes to ++ posts that mention him thats fine with me, but I seriously doubt that he does.

In my opinion (for what its worth) merlyn is a great perl programmer and I want to learn from him. But he is not the only great perl programmer in PM, there are many others, who's posts are just as good as his.

I want to learn perl, sometime I post a misstake and get corrected. merlyn usually tell me so by posting a comment, and not just -- my post. THAT IS GOOD. I get a chance to correct my misstakes, improve my perl skills and/or re-think what I'm doing. -- is bad without a comment, and the one thing you can't accuse merlyn of, is not commenting.

Ooops, I've mentioned merlyn several times here. Better prepare for -- votes.

/brother t0mas