I already have too much problem with people thinking the efficiency of a perl construct is related to its length. On the other hand, I'm perfectly capable of changing my mind next week... :-)

Q. Why is this so clumsy? A. The trick is to use Perl's strengths rather than its weaknesses.

I'll say it again for the logic impaired.

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Premature optimization is the root of all evil (or at least most of it) in programming.

Although the Perl Slogan is There's More Than One Way to Do It, I hesitate to make 10 ways to do something. :-)

We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses.