poem chacham I wrote some Perl to say hello, To a world i did not know. Prepended line numbers there in tow, I basically told it where to go. <code> 10 ? 'Hello World!\n'; </code> Something there did not quite load, No matter how i tried to goad, Quickly then i shifted mode, And thought i'd see to add the code. <code> use cout; print << 'Hello World!\n'; </code> But that just didn't work at all, Did i forget to make a call? Imagining i was Larry Wall, I coded the sequel to carry the ball. <code> query::statement->execute('SELECT "Hello World!\n"'); </code> What's there to object in that line? On paper it had worked just fine, Perl is broken...or is that just mine? No, add a line, and never whine! <code> procedure perl is begin(print 'Hello World!\n') </code> Something there was still not right, But, waste not time and be contrite. I must put up and win this fight, Make a web of code to end my plight. <code> <?perl <print>'Hello World!\n'</print>; ?> </code> Just when i thought my code was suited, I found that i was just deluded, But where had the offending line intruded? Oh! Just assemble a line to be included. <code> use LC0.ascii /Hello, world!/; movl $LC0, (%esp); </code> Why is it that Perl is so frustrating? I give perfect code, yet it's not abating, And people love what i start hating? I need help, if just for tranlsating. <code> print *, "Hello World!", e\nd </code> Then again, thrown to the ground, But i know that my good code is sound! Perhaps the web has help to be found, And answer: why does perl monkey around? I added a node, asking the question, I posted my code, and made sure to mention, How perfect it was, (at least in inflection). I just hope that Poetry is the correct section.