Well, you can implement a Perl peek() with unpack('P',...). Once you have that, there's only security through obscurity.

I procrastinate, but mostly because there's always too many things to do, and I got the stew in my mind that things do bubble up, so I'll throw things in there and let them stew around. It's sort of like greasing the squeaky wheels in my own brain.

All language designers are arrogant. Goes with the territory.

This job of playing God is a little too big for me. Nevertheless, someone has to do it, so I'll try my best to fake it.

Symmetry is overrated. Overrated is symmetry.

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.

I'm a great believer in visual distinctions.