I would've had to beat people off with a stick. Fortunately, I had reserved my copy at the bookstore. I now know what the fuss is about. This book is _awesome_. I wish this bad boy was my college text book for Algorithms and their implementation. The authors stuck to their promise and delivered a steady diet of work and play. A great reference to turn to for implementing those sometimes long forgotten tricks in the not soon to be forgotten language of PERL.