Call me bored, but don't call me boring.

Perl is designed to give you several ways to do anything, so consider picking the most readable one.

So please don't think I have a 'down' on the MVS people. I'm just pulling off their arms to beat other people over the head with.

And besides, if Perl really takes off in the Windows space, I think the rest of us would just as soon have a double-agent within ActiveState.

Perl doesn't have an infatuation with enforced privacy. It would prefer that you stayed out of its living room because you weren't invited, not because it has a shotgun

I think I'm likely to be certified before Perl is.

Even if you aren't in doubt, consider the mental welfare of the person who has to maintain the code after you, and who will probably put parens in the wrong place.