Apropos learning Perl

[albert at ccs.neu.edu (Albert Cahalan)]

> 
> To see how Perl compares to other tools, I looked around for a Perl addition 
> to the following, but found none.  Anybody ?
> 
>                 TASK :- To Shoot Yourself In The Foot
>                 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 
> C: You shoot yourself in the foot.
> 
> C++: You accidentally create a dozen instances of yourself and shoot them 
> all in the foot. Providing emergency medical care is impossible since you 
> can't tell which are bitwise copies and which are just pointing at others 
> and saying, "That's me over there."
> 
> Pascal: The compiler won't let you shoot yourself in the foot.

...

Perl: You chop off $thousands of %feet at once, &convert %them
into %ears, &make them look good, and &show them to your $boss.