S'not an acronym it's an abbreviation. An acronym is where the initials make up a previously existing word - such as Perl Is Cooler Than Using Rubbish Executables, PICTURE - whereas an abbreviation just makes up a list of letters - Pathologically Ecclectic Rubbish Lister, PERL. Back to the main thread. Perl is cool for several reasons: 1) It took me about 20 minutes to get my first script running after not having programed for about 5 years (And that vas VB) 2) I can make things crufty and hackish, simple to read or if I don't like the maintainer obfuscated. 3) You can do lots of fun things with it. 4) Wall-ites, Perlies or whatever you wish to call them are helpful. Elgon