Embrace Hashes

• Until you start thinking in terms of hashes, you're not thinking in Perl
• They can often replace lengthy loops or complex algorithms.
• Use a hash whenever you want to represent a set, a relation, a table, a structure, or a record
• The words `in', `unique', `first', and `duplicate' should all set off Pavlovian screams of `HASH!'
• If you find them in the same sentence as `array', you're probably doing something wrong