To ordinary folks, conversion is not always automatic. It's something that may or may not require explicit assistance. See Billy Graham.

The world has become a larger place. The universe has been expanding, and Perl's been expanding along with the universe.

A Perl program is correct if it gets the job done before your boss fires you.

Even the White House has a press agent.

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 don't tell me there isn't one bit of difference between null and space, because that's exactly how much difference there is.

I think computer science, by and large, is still stuck in the Modern age.