I've been advised to learn php to get done what I want to do. Likely to
be the shortest route to goal since php isn't strongly typed. As things
stand, I have a rather useful system in operation now and it will improve
with time and well-placed effort. Thanks to irc.starchat.net channel icug
last night I brought this problem up and learned why I should have been
studying and using php for the last several years.
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