i hate how gruesome perl is to look at...it's like the bulldog of computer languages (unless you count COBOL...but i don't consider that a language)...but perl is pretty forgiving on a lot of things...that's why i like to use it for my own stupid little programs that no one else would even have use for (i used to anyway..i forgot a lot of the syntax).....

believe it or not, just jacking arround, i actually made an "array" in perl once like this:
Code:
//don't use strict
$index = 0;
$i = 0;
while($i < 5)
{
	$arr.$index = $i;
}
(p.s. i know cobol IS a full functional language, i just pray i never have to learn it)