Tom Christiansen writes: : >I thought it was a valid viewpoint, though incomplete. : : It is virtually impossible to pay attention to any alleged validity : of what someone is saying when they have peppered their missive : with gratuitous and wholly ad-hominem landmines such as: : : I really hate it when you sit back in your chair and tell : people that a feature shouldn't be added to perl because "that : would be hard to teach my students." Stupid arguments like : that, and now the recent "it's easier to type and say." Pure : bullshit. : : And then, just to add the final icing of insensate disrespect, he : appends a quindecimally lined signature. Bah. Let him who is without shit cast the first turd. Larry