> "You should go to the store unless you're tired." > > "I want to play on thursday." > > "Brush your teeth every time you eat." Of course you are right. I didn't make clear my frame of reference. I was thinking about real world instructions, not just everyday speech. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Remove pizza from wrapper. Place directly on center oven rack. While cheese is not golden brown, cook. :) Lather Rinse Repeat I still contend it is more natural to analyze a sequence of instructions in order. To do so otherwise is prone to error and material for comedy writers. Shake well before opening. or Open, if you have already shaken well. Ida brought this up earlier, if Ida known it would be so fun... ==== Want to unsubscribe from Fun With Perl? ==== Well, if you insist... Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to ==== fwp-request@technofile.org