Thanks for the response 'bwelch', but would be great if you could shed some lights on future of Perl language as compared to other technologies ( skills ), I have heard of few of the limitations about Emb Perl in terms of supporting larger systems, so i am a little anxious to know where Perl wud lie in the software world down the line.I had a choice of selecting between Java and Perl, I opted Perl, was it a correct move? I am a big fan of Perl..