[MacPerl] MacPerl Counter (fwd)

[mark@cheers.jsc.nasa.gov (Mark Manning/Metrica)]

According to Wm. L. Scheding:
> Hi Again,
> 
> I am interested in building a counter in perl.  I have the source to one
> I've been using on unix, but it uses utilities to convert a bitmap
> to a giff to be returned as the result of the execution of the script.
<snip>

I haven't created one, but the qd.pl routines do this same
thing (ie: make a gif file which you can then pop up on the
screen).  However, I've been reading my new-new-NEW HTML
3.2 book from Sam's Net.  A very nice, though expensive
book ($70.00).  However, (I know I'm on a side track here -
sorry) the book is IMHO worth the money.  If you haven't
seen this book - go to your local book store.  It's huge.
It has a slick cover (feels like waxed paper), high quality
Baxter glossy white paper and talks about HTML, Perl (and
MacPerl), Tcl, how to integrate C, C++, Pascal, and other
languages.

*whew*  Ok - back to the subject:  I was going to say - why
do this as a graphical image?  If for glitz ok, but you can
also do this with just plain text and it would be faster.