Interesting to note that although Perl 6 is apparently capable of decrementing strings, it doesn't fully mirror the incrementing:
http://feather.perl6.nl/syn/S03.html#line_516 Specifically: decrementing 'AAA' would not turn into 'ZZ' but would error, according to that link -- <hype> WWW: plphp.dk / plind.dk CV: careers.stackoverflow.com/peterlind LinkedIn: plind Twitter: kafe15 </hype>