: I could understand principles of Perl source in 2-3 days [. . .] Gee, it took me about eleven years. :-)

print rand rand rand 1, ' '; # interesting distribution

There's often more than one correct thing. There's often more than one right thing. There's often more than one obvious thing.

Y'know, there are other possibilities if we assume that filenames are UTF-8...yikes...wait, put down that meat cleaver! Aieeee!!!

Perl programming is an *empirical* science!

In general, if you think something isn't in Perl, try it out, because it usually is. :-)

Each minute bursts in the burning room, The great globe reels in the solar fire, Spinning the trivial and unique away. (How all things flash! How all things fl…