"Michael Sperber [Mr. Preprocessor]" wrote: And why is this nonsense? It is, of course my <opinion> and I probably should have explicitly stated as such. I was not suggesting that you did slavishly emulate the Perl system, nor did I suggest that you should slavishly emulate the Perl system. I was, in actuality, complementing you on the fact that either by emulation or by your original creativity and talent, you had managed to include features that are also included in what is <opinion> one of the more flexible, consistent and easy to use software packaging systems in existence today, as evidenced by my personal ease of use and, more importantly, the acceptance of the scheme by the Perl community at large. </opinion> [snip] Others have commented subsequently. I will let their comments speak as I have nothing else of value to add to the subject at this time.