From: ThoML Date: 2008-02-16T16:45:05+09:00 Subject: Re: My Boggle Solver: I welcome any tips and tricks! > $words = {} IMHO you might also want to try to avoid using global variables. A better solution usually is to use "normal" variables or to wrap it up in a class/module and use class/instance variables. Or collect the parameters in a hash and pass that around.