Perl and Variables

Perl out C++s' C++ when it comes to variables. Rather than just some confusing concepts it adds hard to remember syntax (not as bad as regular expressions though).

Want to pass a hash as an argument to a sub routine in a package, and then pass it to another routine? Iterate through a list inside a hash? What about passing globs around? The number of combinations is just too many and I recommend you refer to the following link:

http://oreilly.com/catalog/advperl/excerpt/ch01.html