anyone interested in doing free coding for me in perl?

Worth a shot huh Joe? ;-)

There was a time when I'd have done this for ya (assuming it was withing the realm of my ability) but these days I gotta avoid free work since it doesn't put food on the table.

Welcome to A2K, if you get the work done for free, let me know. It'll inspire me to ask once again for free sexual services down at the local brothel.