Comparing Perl to COBOL makes me think you've programmed in neither. edit here's some background on the Perl linguistics angle: http://world.std.com/~swmcd/ste

Comparing Perl to COBOL makes me think you've programmed in neither. edit here's some background on the Perl linguistics angle: http://world.std.com/~swmcd/steven/perl/linguistics.html http://world.std.com/~swmcd/steven/perl/linguistics.html